This spicy, zesty, herby marinade is not only delicious on grilled meat or fish, but it is a great way to use an abundance of herbs from the garden (or those you bought from the farmers market which are threatening to go limp in your fridge!)
CHERMOULA MARINADE
MAKES
enough to cover 1kg of meat or fish
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup macadamia or olive oil
- 2 tsp roast onion infused olive oil
- 2 tsp garlic infused olive oil
- 1 cup of chopped coriander leaves
- 1 cup of flat leaf parsley leaves
- 1 tbsp ground cumin seed
- 1 tbsp ground coriander seed
- 1 tsp sweet or smokey paprika
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 1 to 2 fresh hot chillies (or 1 dried chilli)
- 1 small root of fresh turmeric, equals about 1 tbsp once finely grated (or use 1 tbsp. turmeric powder)
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
OPTIONAL
- 2 tbsp fresh mint leaves (see second row of photos below)
- 2 tbsp dried citrus zest/ powder (if you don’t have any fresh zest)