Combine beans, garlic, ginger, rice wine and soy sauce in a small bowl.
Place each salmon fillet on a banana leaf (or foil square) and season. Top with bean mixture. Gather leaf at top and fold edges to seal. Tie with butcher's twine to secure. Steam, covered, for 5 mins, or until cooked to your liking. Unwrap and sprinkle with chili and cilantro.
Heat oil in a frying pan until slightly smoking. Pour over salmon. Serve with steamed rice.
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In a medium, non-reactive bowl, mix shallots, garlic, sambal belachan, vegetable oil, curry powder, cumin, lime juice, salt, and pepper. Place squid in the mixture. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 2 hours.
Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil grate.
Lightly grease the banana leaf. Wrap squid in the leaf, and place on the prepared grill. Cook 10 to 15 minutes, until leaf is slightly charred and squid is opaque.
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Dip each banana leaf into boiling water then rinse
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iece of tin foil or banana leaf. Make sure the foil or
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Cut banana leaf or foil into four 8-
et aside. If using fresh banana leaves, cut off the mid
olding both ends of a banana leaf, drag leaf slowly over a burner
2\" square of banana leaf inside and wilt the leaf to a pliable
ctangular pieces.
Rinse the banana leaves and cut them down
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