Recipe ingredients
- 1 large fish, about 2 kg, 64 oz, cleaned, scaled, rubbed inside and out with salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 heads garlic, peeled and sliced
- 7 cups finely chopped fresh coriander
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup fried pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- A dash of ground dried coriander
- A dash of piquant red pepper
- A dash of ground cumin
- 3/4 cup lemon juice
- Salt as desired
Recipe method
- Fry fish in 1 cup hot oil over medium heat till golden on both sides.
- Reduce heat and fry till tender.
- Remove bones. Put meat in a platter.
- Fry chopped onion in 1/4 cup oil till soft.
- Stir in garlic, dry coriander, cumin, pepper and salt.
- Add lemon juice, vinegar and some water to onion mixture.
- Cook until mixture thickens.
- Stir in for 1 minute green coriander and half the quantity of fish.
- Remove from heat.
- Serve in a platter garnished with fried pine nuts and lemon wedges.
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