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Emirates Food Channel

Fish Salounah

Chef Saud Al Matrooshi
Executive Sous Chef
The only thing I like better than talking about food is cooking it.

Ingredients

Nutrition

Instructions

  • Add some cooking oil (15ml) to the fish (400gm), lime juice (5ml), Emirati ghee (5gm), cumin powder (1gm), coriander powder (1gm), turmeric powder (3gm), Emirati ibzar spice (2gm), black pepper (1gm) and salt (4gm). Gently rub all ingredients on the fish and let it marinate for 2 hours
  • After 2 hours, roast the fish in an oven at 180 °C for 8 minutes

  • Add cooking oil to a pot (15gm), add Emirati ghee (5gm), chopped onions (30gm), chopped garlic (10gm), chopped coriander (4gm), 1 dry lime (poke before adding) and tomato paste (15gm); stir for the tomato paste to release its oils, cook for 5 minutes
  • Once the oils evaporate, add potato cubes (40gm), carrot cubes (40gm), cinnamon powder (1gm), white pepper (1gm), cardamom powder (1gm), Emirati ibzar spice (1gm), black pepper (1gm) and turmeric powder (4gm); stir again to mix all the ingredients
  • Add tomato pronto (200gm) and stir, add water (200ml) and let it cook for 15 minutes. Add the roasted fish and let it cook for 5 minutes on high heat.