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title: "Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Chermoula"
description: "Most often used with fish or other seafood, this north African sauce packed with coriander leaves and stems, lemon, garlic and hot spices is just as good with chicken, pork, beef or vegetables."
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author: "Tony Jackman"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-06-21-chermoula/"
published: "2019-06-21T15:10:46"
updated: "2020-09-18T09:15:25"
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# Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Chermoula

> Most often used with fish or other seafood, this north African sauce packed with coriander leaves and stems, lemon, garlic and hot spices is just as good with chicken, pork, beef or vegetables.

By Tony Jackman · Published 21 June 2019, 17:10 SAST · Updated 18 September 2020, 11:15 SAST

## Content

There’s no cooking involved. Just prep the ingredients, blend and you’re done.

**Ingredients**

250g coriander leaves and stems, washed and dried

3 or 4 fat garlic cloves, husked and roughly chopped

1 Tbs each of ground cumin and paprika

Half tsp cayenne pepper

Juice of 1 lemon

2 Tbs white wine vinegar

1 green chilli, seeded

2 or 3 Tbs extra virgin olive oil

Salt to taste

**Method**

Place everything in a blender and blitz until it’s a lovely green paste. That’s it. **DM/TGIFood**

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