Ginataang Tilapia

Hello everyone! This fish dish that i cooked is called Ginataang Tilapia. Hope you try it too in the comfort of your own home.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients:
1 whole red onion "slice"
4 cloves of garlic "Crushed"
1 bell pepper " cut into long strips"
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 kg. Tilapia
1 bundle of String beans "sitaw" "cut into 2 inches long"
2 cups of coconut milk "Kakang gata"
2 pcs. Siling haba "optional"
Ginger "thumb size"
2 tbsp. Fish Sauce "patis"
rock salt
vegetable oil or palm oil
3 pcs. Banana "Saba" "cut diagonally"

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish Tilapia, remove its scales, innards, fins, gills. Wash it properly.
Hold the fish in its body then shake downward so that its saliva and the slimy thing will go down to its mouth. After it is cleaned, cut a to slit into the fish body side by side then season with rock salt. Then fry it in a non-stick pan with vegetable oil or palm oil. After all tilapia is cooked, set it aside.
2.In a non-stick pan put a little bit of vegetable oil or palm oil enough to fry the bananas "Saba". set it aside when done.
3. In a casserole heat a little bit of oil enough to sauté the onions, garlic and ginger.
4. Pour the 2 cups of coconut milk "kakang gata" in the casserole. Add in the ground black pepper into it. if you would like you dish to be a little bit spicy add in the Siling haba. let it simmer till the liquid is reduce in half.
5. Add the string beans "sitaw" continue simmering it for about 2 minutes.
6. Now we can add the fried tilapia and banana into the casserole. Simmer it for about 3 -5 minutes and we are done.
7. Serve hot with steamy white rice.

yield for 4 people