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Sayadieh with Fish Fillets
Sayadieh with fish fillets — a very practical, nutritious, and easy recipe. Sayadieh is delicious served with tahini sauce, a green salad, and eggplant mutabbal.
Fish Sayadieh — a reliable, delicious recipe
Ingredients
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- 1 kg fish fillets, cut and seasoned
- For seasoning the fish: ground cumin + salt + mixed spices
- 2 large onions
- 3 cups basmati rice
- 1 tablespoon turmeric or yellow color (akdat safra)
- Salt
- Cumin
- Mixed spices
- 6 cups boiling water
- Nuts for garnish — optional
- For more of Faten's tasty recipes, see Mini Tajine
- Lamb Mansaf recipe — another delicious recipe
Method
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- Fry the seasoned, salted fillets and set them aside.
- Slice the onions into rings, fry them, and set aside.
- Wash and drain the rice, then place half the fried onions and fish in the bottom of the pot, add the rice, sprinkle mixed spices, turmeric, salt, and cumin over it, pour in 6 cups boiling water, and bring to a boil.
- Keep the water boiling over high heat until the water level reaches the rice.
- Seal the pot with plastic wrap or cover it, reduce the heat, and let the rice cook over low heat for about half an hour.
- Turn the pot over a few minutes after turning off the heat, then arrange the remaining fish and onions with the fried nuts on top.
- The recipe for Mansaf with lamb is also a tasty option
Recipe tags
MainsInternationalPescatarianDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeFriedFishRice
Notes and serving ideas
- Mini Tajine
- Lamb Mansaf recipe
