Fish Sekuwa

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 lbs fish fillets, cut into 1-in cubes
• melted butter, for basting
• 2 tablespoons chopped scallions (to garnish)
• bamboo skewer, pre-soaked overnight
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
• 5 fresh red chilies
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon szechwan pepper (timur)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a blender combine all marinating ingredients into a smooth paste.
• 2 in a large bowl, pour the marinade over fish pieces.
• 3 mix well, cover, and let marinate for at least four hours.
• 4 after marinating, drain the marinade.
• 5 thread marinated fish cubes into skewers.
• 6 grill the skewered fish pieces on a charcoal grill, frequently turning and basting with melted butter until cooked through.
• 7 take the cooked sekuwas off the grill and generously brush with butter before serving.
• 8 arrange the fish sekuwas on the bed of rice pilaf, stir-fried vegetables, supplemented with tomato, cucumber and red onion slices.
• 9 sprinkle chopped scallions over the sekuwas.
• 10 complement the sekuwas with tomato or chili achar.