Persian / Iranian Maahi Kabab - Fish

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large fish fillets, skin removed (of your choice)
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 50 g fresh coriander or 50 g cilantro
• 50 g fresh parsley, plus
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, to decorate
• 50 g fresh mint
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 1/4 teaspoon pomegranate powder
• 1 lime
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 wash, drain well then finely chop coriander, parsley and mint. add lime juice, olive oil, pomegranate powder, saffron & salt and black pepper to taste, mix well & set aside.
• 2 place fish fillets in a large oven proof dish. pour the sauce over the fish.
• 3 cover with a sheet of aluminium foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180c 40 - 50 minutes baste the fish with the sauce at least once during cooking.(cooking time will vary depending on the type and size of your fillets so check after 30 minutes.
• 4 when cooked, decorate each fillet with finely sliced lime and a little fresh chopped parsley and serve with sabzi polow.
• 5 note: this is the traditional dish for the iranian new years day.