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Masgouf (fish topped with a tomato and curry sauce)

8/1/2011

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Catfish gets a bad rap for being a bottom feeder but most U.S. catfish is actually farm-raised so they are only eating the fish-food pellets the farmers are giving them, which are made from soy-beans, corn, and rice.  It is a good fish to use because it is very mild tasting, lean, and nutritious.

Ingredients

1 ½ pound fish (I used catfish)
1 lemon
2 Tablespoons oil
3 medium or 2 large onions
3 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon curry (more if you want it spicier)
2 dried limes (aka numi bussra) *
  *Dried limes can be purchased at chaldean markets.  If you cannot obtain them, you can substitute the juice of one lemon.
½ teaspoon salt plus some
3 Tablespoons tomato paste
¼ cup parsley leaves
 

Instructions

Prep
Chop onions
Smash garlic with the side of a knife and chop finely
Split dried limes open and remove the black pulp from them.  If the pulp is in big pieces, chop it
Chop the parsley fine

Fish
Your fish should be scaled and split open. 
Squeeze lemon over the fish and sprinkle with salt.
Bake the fish in the oven at 500 degrees for 20 minutes.
While the fish is baking, work on the topping.

Tomato/Curry Topping
Heat oil in a pot over medium heat
Add chopped onions and stir occasionally until they are clear and soft
Add the garlic to the pot with the onions and stir occasionally for a few minutes
Add the dried lime pulp to the pot and stir for a few minutes.
Add salt, curry, tomato paste, and parsley and stir for a few minutes.

Remove the fish from the oven and spread on the tomato/curry topping.
Bake for another 15 minutes at 500 degrees.

Optional  step – broil the fish for 5 minutes so the topping gets blackened a bit.

Serve with rice

 

12 Comments
Monica
2/25/2012 12:48:41 am

Love the recipes would love to see how to make kahrri

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Karen Gill
2/28/2012 08:54:19 am

More recipes are better we need more of these middle eastern foods I'm from britan and I'm British there so yummy!

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Lena
4/25/2012 10:46:14 pm

WARNING!!!! DO NOT EAT FARM RAISED only buy wild caught fish!

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dgbd link
5/2/2015 08:21:39 am

why?

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Noelle link
3/11/2014 04:14:57 am

Thank you for this recipe! My husband is half Chaldean and he grew up eating this dish but didn't know how to make it. Question- could tilapia be substituted for the catfish? Only asking because I have a bunch in the freezer right now :)

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mideastchef
3/20/2014 11:24:08 pm

I think any mild white fish would work.

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H
9/27/2014 02:51:02 am

I have tried this recipe with tuna!

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Tam
2/5/2018 03:30:13 am

Thank you so much for sharing this lovely recipe! I am from Samoa and My husband is Chaldanean/Assyrian and he loves when I follow your recipe! :) Thank you for teaching me your wonderful food when no one else will. I am so grateful!

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Dody link
2/28/2018 08:57:36 pm

OMG. I been looking for this recepie for a long time. My husband who was caldian used to make it with salmon. Sadly I never made any effort to pay attention. Thank you. I love Iraqi food. Thanks

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Seta
8/27/2019 02:47:30 pm

Appreciate it if you make YouTube videos of recipe collection thank you

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Sue link
2/23/2020 04:23:54 pm

Love fish with sauce. My Chaldean will only eat with whitefish ..I also add a little vinegar.

Thanks, love seeing how others make their food.

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Emo Washington link
2/19/2021 03:49:00 am

I liked your blog, thanks for sharing this.

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