Liboké is the traditional way of preparation in the basin of the Congo river, which consists of wrapping ingredients in banana leaves, and cooking the dish in an oven, steamed, or directly on a grill.
In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped in plantain leaves and steamed until tender In Central Africa, both whole fish and fish fillets are cooked in leaf packets on grills over charcoal fires. Throughout the Congo River area, Leaves of banana or marantaceae plants give the food a certain flavour that will be missing if they are not used, however aluminium foil can. Freshwater fish and Chicken are used to make this meal. But the most popular preparation is fish liboke , where fish is normally cooked with tomatoes and onions.
