Panch puren sardines

Name: Panch puren sardines
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic; 1 bag fresh, washed leaf spinach; olive oil; 8 large or 12 small sardines, cleaned; 100 ml white wine; salt and pepper; 50 g pine nuts; 50 g raisins

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

Travelling in Morocco we ate sardines very similar to this. To get the flavour I recall, I have used panch puren, an Indian blend of five mellow spices (‘panch’ meaning five) – fenugreek, fennel, cumin, black onion and mustard seeds.

Ingredients

1 bag fresh, washed leaf spinach
2 cloves garlic
50 g

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Microwave

Method

Peel the garlic and chop finely. While it is still on the chopping board, sprinkle with a little salt and use a knife to rub the salt and the garlic together. The salt acts as an abrasive and turns the garlic to a paste.
Open the spinach bag and cook for