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I'm making a marinade for swordfish. It calls for coriander.
Question: Do I put in the marinade whole or do I gently crush it in a mortar and pestle?
Thanks!
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)It releases the oils and flavor.
Kali
(55,019 posts)swordfish? wow expensive fish that just needs a touch of butter when I splurge (great on the grill)
if you must, I would leave it whole so you can scrape the seeds off after you take it out of the marinade...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)No way I would use seeds or powder. It needs to be fresh. Its also called cilantro. Its for color, aroma, and its basic, so it cuts acidity.
-Laelth
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)have completely different tastes and uses: they do not substitute for each other even though they come from the same plant. Ones a spice, the other is an herb.
As for the OP - if its just going in a marinade Id leave them whole.
if..fish..had..wings
(666 posts)Coriander is the leaves, also known as cilantro. I would chop it.
Coriander seeds are (obviously) the seeds of the plant. I would use them whole.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)But when it goes to seed (as it does so very quickly if you try growing it), its coriander.
Ditch it and instead make a compound butter with diced onion and lemon or lime juice and some sea salt. Yum!
Retrograde
(10,156 posts)that use coriander for both parts - confusing is right!
Theres also coriander root, which is called for in some Southeast Asian recipes but is hard to find.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)While both come from the same plant, they have different uses and tastes. Cilantro is the leaves and stems of the coriander plant. When the plant flowers and turns to seed the seeds are called coriander.