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Samak Mashwi

Name: Samak Mashwi
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Qatar
Ingredients: 2 (cleaned) Sea Bream; 4 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Turmeric; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 2 Lime; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fish spread with spice paste and grilled over charcoal — Qatar's seaside grilled fish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Qatar is a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, where fishing and pearl diving long supported daily life. Samak mashwi means 'grilled fish': hamour (grouper) or shaari (emperor fish) is spread with a paste of garlic, chili, turmeric, and lime and grilled over charcoal. It's served with rice and tomato sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a shop near a seaside souq in Qatar, fish with spices packed into its slits grills over charcoal and is served with a big platter of rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Sea Bream 2 (cleaned)
Garlic 4 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Turmeric 1 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Lime 2
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Make diagonal slits in the fish.
Grind the garlic and chili and mix with the turmeric, cumin, juice of 1 lime, oil, and salt into a paste.
Spread the paste over the fish and into the slits and let stand 30 minutes.
Grill over charcoal or under a grill for 10 minutes per side.
Serve with lime and rice.

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