Ingredients
Serves 4 as a main dish, 6 as an appetizer
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cups water
16 oz. tomato sauce
1 tablespoon fish spice, or to taste (see below)
1 tablespoon hawaij (see below)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 scallion, with stalk, chopped
3 pounds firm white-fleshed fish fillets, such as whiting, flounder, or cod, cut into 3-inch pieces
Mix oil, water, tomato sauce, fish spice and hawaij in a large skillet and simmer on a low flame for 15 minutes.
Add scallion to pan. Slide fish pieces carefully into pan, making sure not to break them up. Simmer on a low flame for 15 minutes. Remove from flame and let cool. Remove fish pieces to a serving dish and pour sauce on top. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
Fish Spice Mixture
3 tablespoons black peppercorns
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons cumin
8 whole cloves
8 cardamom pods
In a spice or coffee grinder, or with a mortar and pestle, grind spices together finely and store in a tightly closed container.
Hawaij Spice Mixture
3 tablespoons cumin
4 tablespoons black peppercorns
4 tablespoons turmeric
6 whole cloves
7 cardamom pods
Follow the same procedure as in the fish spice mixture above.
Instructions
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