Khaleeji

Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish)

Name: Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Khaleeji
Ingredients: 1.5 lb white fish fillets; 1 lemon; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp paprika; 1/2 tsp ground turmeric; 2 tbsp cooking oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp cilantro

Fatima @fatima_machboos

Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Medium Heart healthy Halal Pescatarian Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb white fish fillets
1 lemon
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
2 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cilantro

How to cook it

Mix the crushed garlic, lemon juice, cumin, paprika, turmeric, oil, and salt into a paste.
Rub the paste over the fish fillets and let sit 15 minutes.
Heat a grill pan or broiler to high and cook the fish until charred in spots and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side.
Scatter with cilantro and serve hot with lemon wedges.

Watch how to cook Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish)

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Serve it with

A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Ruz Mfalfal (Buttered Basmati Rice)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Cucumber and Laban Salad
  
  15 min
The sharp little thing
- Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Balaleet (Sweet Vermicelli with Omelette)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 220 kcal
Protein: 33 g
Carbs: 1 g
Fat: 9 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 0 g
Sodium: 210 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Samak Mashwi (Grilled Spiced Fish) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.