Moroccan Chermoula Marinade

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Chermoula is an ancient, but fashionable marinade, which varies in ingredient content from one moroccan kitchen to the next.

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Steps

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Heat a frying pan and dry-fry the cumin and coriander seeds with the cinnamon until aromatic.

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Grind with a pestle and mortar , or in a spice grinder.

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Then either put all the ingredients in a blender and whiz them up , or pummel the whole lot in the pestle and mortar , adding one ingredient at a time in the above order.

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Keeps well , refrigerated for a week.

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Ingredients

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cumin seed, coriander seed, ground cinnamon, garlic cloves, parsley sprigs, coriander sprigs, ground sumac, mild paprika, honey, light olive oil, fresh ground black pepper