Hamour mahshi (arabian-style stuffed fish)

Ingredients

• 1 hamour, cleaned and scaled
• 3 tablepsoons . olive oil
• 1 plus 1/2 teaspoon . turmeric
• sea salt, to taste
• 3 garlic cloves,crushed
• 1/8 teaspoon. ginger,ground
• 1 teaspoon. cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon. black pepper
• sea salt, to taste
• 1 3/4 oz. almonds, sliced
• 3/4oz. pine nuts (optional)
• 3/4 oz. walnuts,roughly chopped
• 3 tablepsoons. cilantro, roughly chopped
• 1/2 small yellow onion, sliced

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350F. 2.Oil an oven-proof baking dish with the olive oil and place fish in it.
• Rub 1 teaspoon. of the turmeric allover hamour and sprinkle it with salt and set aside.
• In a small bowl, blend together the crushed garlic, ground ginger,cumin, and remaining turmeric,black pepper, and sea salt until it becomes a paste.
• Add the almonds, pine nuts (if using),walnuts and cilantro and combine together until well blended.
• Stuff the hamour with the nut stuffing and place some on top.
• Place the half the sliced onions inside the fish and the other half on top.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes.
• Serve with yellow or white rice.