Barbecue Bengali Mackerel

Name: Barbecue Bengali Mackerel
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 bunch of fresh coriander/cilantro, leaves roughly chopped, stalks kept; 3 large green chillies, deseeded and finely sliced; 1 tbsp English mustard paste; 1 tsp ground turmeric; Puris or rice to serve; 1 tsp salt; 4 small whole mackerel, 500 g/1 lb 2 oz each, scaled and gutted; 3 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

This fish dish is perfect for foil tents on the barbecue and equally brilliant in the oven for a quick supper. This is how Indians would barbecue their fish if barbecues were a big thing over there. English mustard, coriander/cilantro and green chilli are a Bengali trio made in heaven and really give any fish a fragrant punch.

Ingredients

4 small whole mackerel, 500 g/1 lb 2 oz eac

Asia
India
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat your barbecue or preheat your oven to 220°C/430°F/gas 7.
Score the mackerel on both sides, then rub the vegetable oil, mustard paste, green chilli, coriander leaves, turmeric, lime juice and salt into the fish. Stuff the belly cavities of the f