Fried catfish with cherry sauce

Catfish is a very underrated fish. Which, however, has a positive effect on its price!

Ingredients

• 6 pieces of catfish fillet (each weighing 200-225 g) with skin
• salt
• olive oil
• For chermula:
• 80 g cilantro
• juice of 1 lemon
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 6 tbsp. l. olive oil
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground paprika
• 0.5 tsp ground hot red pepper

Directions

1. Salt the catfish and brush on all sides with oil.
2. For chermula, finely chop the cilantro along with the garlic. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and marinate the fish in half of the chermula for 20-30 minutes.
3. Grease the bottom of a baking dish with oil, place the catfish skin side up and place the dish in the oven preheated to 170 ° C. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
4. Just before serving, pour the remaining chermula onto the fish and let the sauce warm in the oven.