Ingredients
Two Servings
- 400g Mahi-mahi fish, called Dorado in Tangier
- 400g Shrimps
- 300g Calamari
- 4 Bay Leaves
- 20g chopped cilantro
- 2 Carrots sliced into sticks
- 1 Onion sliced into circles
- ½ Potato sliced into circles
- ½ Sweet Potato sliced into circles
- ½ Green Bell Pepper sliced into circles
- ½ Red Bell Pepper sliced into circles
- 50g Peas
- 3 stems Safran dissolved in 90ml of water
- 3 finely chopped Garlic Cloves
- 40g chopped Cilantro
- 20g chopped parsley
- Paprika
- Turmeric
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- Salt
- Thyme
- Lemon juice
- Olive Oil
- Sunflower/Vegetable Oil
- 1 Chili Pepper
Instructions
- On low to medium heat, we add 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil, 2 tablespoons of Vegetable Oil, ½ teaspoon of Salt, ½ teaspoon of Chili powder, ½ teaspoon of Black Pepper, 1 teaspoon of Paprika, ½ teaspoon of Turmeric to the cooking pot, or Tagine. Mix together then add bay leaf.
- Create a grid in the bottom of the pot with the stems of Cilantro and sticks of carrots.
- Add circles of Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Onions, Green Bell Pepper, Red Bell Pepper, and Peas.
- Cover the pot, or Tagine.
- While the Vegetables are cooking, we salt the fish and prepare the marinade, or Chermoula in Moroccan dialect.
- To make Chermoula, we mix chopped Cilantro and Parsley, Garlic, 3 tablespoon of Olive Oil, 1 teaspoon of Paprika, ½ teaspoon of Salt, ½ teaspoon of Black Pepper, 1 teaspoon of Cumin.
- Marinate the fish, Shrimp, and Calamari in the Chermoula
- Put some Shrimp inside the fish
- Place the fish over the vegetables in the middle of the pot, and the Shrimp and Calamari on the sides
- Decorate the fish with two slices of lemon then sprinkle Thyme over it
- Add the Safran mixture to the sides of the tagine
- Let it cook for 20 min on low or medium.