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- 2 kg. of sea bass or tough meat fish
- 2 - 3 large onions
- 2-3 cups rice
- Salt
- Oil
- 1 tbs. cumin
- a handful of pine seeds to be fried.
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Sayyadiya
Sayyadiya refers to an Arabic dish made of delicately-spiced fish dish served on a bed of rice. The origins of the dish is Egypt.
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Adnan's Kitchen |
Sayyadieh
(Spicy fish and rice) |
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- Cut fish into medium slices, and clean inside well with salt then rinse.
- Cut the onions fine then fry with very little oil until they turn brown.
- Take out onions and keep aside.
- Fry fish in the same oil of the onions until done
- Place onions in a cooking pan and the head/s of the fish on top.
- Wash rice and drop on top of fish heads and fried onions.
- Add salt and cumin and salt to taste.
- Barely cover with water and let boil, then reduce fire to bare minimum
and let simmer for about 20 minutes, time for rice to cook.
- Jerk sideways to release contents from sides.
- Cover pot with the serving plate and turn up-side-down.
- sprinkle the fried pine seeds on top
- Place the rest of the fried fish on top.
- Serve with tahini sauce mixed with parsley and finely chopped tomatoes
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