Pinaputok na Tilapia

This dish is a popular finger food or we called pulutan.

I want to share a Filipino recipe, we call Pinaputok na Tilapia. Pinaputok means bursted, so basically the method of cooking this fish is about frying wrapped with banana leaves or tin foil but we put a little twist into it because we wrapped it with some nappa cabbage too.

Put a twist by wrapping a leafy vegetable. I used a nappa cabbage.

Wrap it tightly!

By the way, I wanna thank my Mom for helping me wrap the fish. Lol.

Ingredients:

Large tilapia (cleaned, scaled, slitted, salted)

4 medium tomatoes (diced)

2 medium onions (chopped)

1 small ginger (diced)

Nappa cabbage (for wrapping)

Pinch of oregano (powder)

Salt and pepper

Tin foil / banana leaves (for wrapping)

Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Combine tomatoes, onions, ginger, oregano, salt and pepper (according to taste) in a bowl. Mix well.

2. Stuff the mixture inside the fish.

3. Wrap the cabbage around the fish. Then wrap in banana leaf and tin foil tightly.

4. Heat pan and deep fry the fish for about 10-12.

5. Open the foil and banana wrapped on the fish. Sprinkle some chopped scallions and red chillies to enhance more the flavor.

Enjoy!