Goan Mackerel

• 4 mackerel cleaned
• vegetable oil or sunflower
• lime wedges to serve
• 5 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/2 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 6 red chillies dried
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 5 garlic peeled
• 2 inches fresh ginger piece, roughly chopped
• 1 shallot chopped
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1. To make the masala grind the cloves cumin pepper and chillies to a powder in an electric grinder.
2. Process with remaining ingredients to form a paste.
3. Preheat the oven to 190C/ 375P/Gas Mark 5. Make three or four deep diagonal slits across the body of each mackerel on each side.
4. Rub the paste inside the fish and then outside making sure it gets right down into the slits.
5. Heat a thin layer of oil in a roasting tin over the hob.
6. Fry the mackerel until browned on both sides.
7. Transfer to the oven and cook for a final 10 minutes.
8. Serve with lime or lemon wedges.

vegetable oil, lime wedges, cloves, cumin, black peppercorns, red chillies, ground cinnamon, ground turmeric, paprika, salt, garlic, ginger, shallot, white wine vinegar

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Goan-Mackerel-1656744 (may not work)