NATHOK BRENGA

fish dish

• Clean fish, wash and drain thoroughly.
• Combine fish with onion, green chillies, salt and soda or sodium bicarbonate, and fill bamboo hollow with this mixture. Seal bamboo with a banana leaf or foil.
• Place bamboo over a charcoal fire and cook for about 20 minutes, till bamboo is almost burnt. Rotate bamboo from time to time to cook evenly.
• Remove from fire and let it cool. Open the seal and empty contents into a dish (or a piece of banana leaf if available.

Serve hot with steamed rice.
 

NE Belly - The Basic North East Cook Book