Fish with vegetables in Moroccan style

Lemon, a handful of olives, a little spices - and now a real miracle is obtained from the simplest products. Let's open a secret - this recipe can also make delicious chicken fillet.

Ingredients

• 4 fillets of tilapia, 200 g each
• 4 large tomatoes
• 2 medium carrots
• 1 lemon
• 1 medium onion
• 12 pitted olives
• 2 large cloves of garlic
• 1 small bunch of parsley
• 1 small bunch of cilantro
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 8 saffron stamens
• 2 tsp ground sweet paprika
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• salt, freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Chop cilantro and parsley leaves finely, set aside a little to serve. In a large bowl, combine the parsley, cilantro, olive oil, paprika, and ginger. Grind the saffron in a mortar and add to a bowl. Pour in the juice of half a lemon. Set aside 1 tbsp. l. the resulting marinade, grease the rest of the fish, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
2. Put the tomatoes in a bowl, cover with boiling water and leave for 2 minutes. Douse with cold water and peel. Cut the tomatoes into 4 pieces, remove the seeds along with the juice and place in a colander over the bowl. Save the flowing juice. Coarsely chop the tomato pulp.
3. Peel the garlic and chop finely. In a saucepan, combine tomato juice and pulp, garlic and cumin. Put on medium heat, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Preheat oven to 175 ° C. Peel the carrots and onions: cut the carrots into slices 5–7 mm thick diagonally, and cut the onions into thin rings. Place the carrots in one layer on the bottom of an ovenproof dish, then place the onions in the next layer. Drizzle with tomato sauce. Cover the tin with foil or a lid and place in the oven for 30 minutes, until the carrots are tender.
5. Remove the dish from the oven, place the fish over the vegetables and place 2 thin slices of lemon on each fillet. Add remaining marinade and olives and return to oven for 20 minutes.
6. Remove the dish from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Sprinkle fish with herbs and serve immediately.