🇮🇶 Iraq cuisine · #1

Masgouf

Name: Masgouf
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 1 large carp (2 kg); 2 tbsp coarse salt; 1 tbsp turmeric; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 onion, sliced; lemon and amba (mango pickle); bread

Time90 min

Serves4

Ingredients9

River carp split along the back and grilled upright around a wood fire, then brushed with tomato and onion — Baghdad's dish on the banks of the Tigris.

Method

Split the fish along the back to open it flat and clean.
Rub with salt, turmeric, oil and molasses.
Grill over charcoal or roast at 220°C, skin-side down, for 30–40 minutes.
Top with tomato and onion and cook 10 minutes more.
Serve with bread, lemon and amba.

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