Kutum Kabab

Name: Kutum Kabab
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Azerbaijani
Ingredients: 1 whole kutum or similar white fish; 1/2 cup walnuts, ground; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 1 onion, chopped

Kütüm Kabab/koo-TOOM kah-BAB/

About this dish

Grilled Caspian kutum fish, stuffed with a walnut and pomegranate paste.

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Ingredients

🐟1 whole kutum or similar white fish

🌰1/2 cup walnuts, ground

🍯2 tbsp pomegranate molasses

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 4

Clean and score the whole fish.

Mix ground walnuts, chopped onion, and pomegranate molasses for the stuffing.

Stuff the fish cavity with the walnut mixture.

Grill or bake until the skin is crisp and the flesh cooked through.

Serve with fresh herbs and lavash.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kutum is a fish native to the Caspian Sea, prized in Azerbaijani cuisine, often prepared stuffed and grilled for New Year celebrations.

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