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Samak mashwi (Yemeni grilled fish)

Name: Samak mashwi (Yemeni grilled fish)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 800 g (whole) White fish fillet; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Cumin; 1 tsp Turmeric; 1/2 Chili pepper; 2 Lemon; 4 flatbreads Bread

Preparation time: 45 min
Servings: Serves 4

Ingredients

Serves 4

White fish fillet — to buy800 g (whole)
Olive oil — to buy3 tbsp
Garlic — to buy3 cloves
Cumin — to buy1 tsp
Turmeric — to buy1 tsp
Chili pepper — to buy1/2
Lemon — to buy2
Bread — to buy4 flatbreads

Preparation

Make a marinade with the oil, crushed garlic, cumin, turmeric, chilli and lemon juice.
Score the whole fish a few times so the marinade penetrates well, brush it generously on both sides.
Let marinate 20 minutes in the fridge.
Grill the fish 8-10 minutes on each side on a very hot grill or under the oven broiler, until the flesh flakes easily.
Serve hot, drizzled with lemon, with flatbread.