Goan Mackerel
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:04am

Ingredients




4 mackerel cleaned
sunflower or vegetable oil
lime or lemon wedges to serve
5 cloves
1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
1/2 tablespoon black peppercorns
6 dried red chillies
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tablespoon paprika
1/2 tablespoon salt
5 clv garlic peeled
5 cm piece fresh ginger roughly chopped
1 shallot chopped
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

Preparation

1 To make the masala grind the cloves cumin pepper and chillies to a powder in an electric grinder. 2 Process with remaining ingredients to form a paste. 3 Preheat the oven to 190C/ 375P/Gas Mark 5. Make three or four deep diagonal slits across the body of each mackerel on each side. 4 Rub the paste inside the fish and then outside making sure it gets right down into the slits. 5 Heat a thin layer of oil in a roasting tin over the hob. 6 Fry the mackerel until browned on both sides. 7 Transfer to the oven and cook for a final 10 minutes. 8 Serve with lime or lemon wedges. 9 Serves 4