Braai marinades

Recipe By:Zola Nene

Ingredients

  • a pinch black pepper
  • 1/2 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 lemon, juiced and zested
  • 1 tbsp oregano, chopped
  • 4 tbsp Italian parsley , chopped
  • 4 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
  • 500 ml organic plain yoghurt
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 30 g fresh coriander, including stalks
  • 1 green chilli
  • 3 cm piece ginger, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 3 stalks spring onions, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 8 g cumin seeds

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Cooking Instructions

To make the thai marinade:

  1. Toast 1 tbsp cumin seeds and 1 tbsp coriander seeds in a dry pan.
  2. In a food processor, combine the toasted cumin and coriander,  5 spring onions, 3 cm sized piece of ginger, 4 garlic cloves, 1 green chilli, 30 g coriander, 2 tbsp fish sauce, 4 tbsp sugar and apple juice. Blend until a fine paste.
  3. Rub paste all over meat or fish before leaving to marinade overnight or for as long as possible.

To make the herby yoghurt marinade:

Combine all the ingredients (500 ml plain yoghurt, 4 tbsp chopped coriander, 4 tbsp chopped parsley, 2 tbsp chopped oregano, the zest and juice of 1 lemon, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped red chilli and 2 tsp black pepper) in a bowl, stir well to combine, then pour over meat and leave to marinade for as long as possible.