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Mashuai

Name: Mashuai
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Oman
Ingredients: 4 fillets (such as Spanish mackerel) White Fish Fillet; 2 cups Rice; 2 Lemon; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1/2 tsp Cumin powder; 3 Cardamom; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp Salt; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Whole grilled fish served with lemon-scented rice — a traditional dish of the port city of Muscat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mashuai is an Omani seaside dish of fish such as kingfish or marlin grilled whole or in large fillets and eaten with lemon-scented rice. It's a dish typical of a country facing the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman, where the sourness of dried lime (loomi) and lemon suits the toasty fish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an eatery near Muscat's port, a big, crisply grilled fish is laid on lemon-scented rice and lime juice is squeezed over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets (such as Spanish mackerel)
Rice 2 cups
Lemon 2
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Cardamom 3
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the fish with salt, turmeric, cumin, and grated garlic and let stand 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a pot and fry the sliced onion until golden.
Add the rinsed rice, cardamom, 1 slit lemon, water, and salt and cook.
Grill or pan-fry the fish until crisp.
Mound the rice on a plate, top with the fish, and squeeze over the remaining lemon.

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