Masala mackerel - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 4 mackerel (ask your fishmonger to gut and wash them), heads removed
• drizzle of rapeseed oil, vegetable oil or sunflower oil
• rice, to serve (optional)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp coriander seeds
• ½ tsp fennel seeds
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1 roasted red pepper, from a jar
• 2 garlic cloves
• thumb-sized piece ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 small onion, halved
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
• 250g pot natural yogurt
• small bunch coriander, plus a few leaves to serve
• 2 limes, 1 zested, ½ juiced, 1 cut into wedges to serve
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 spring onions
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• ½ lime, juiced
• ½ tsp sugar