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Emirates Food Channel

Fish Sayadieh

Chef Saud Al Matrooshi
Executive Sous Chef
The only thing I like better than talking about food is cooking it.

Ingredients

Nutrition

Instructions

  • Add cinnamon powder (1gm) to the fish (260gm), add white pepper powder (1gm), Arabic all spice (1gm), cardamom powder (1gm), salt (3gm), cumin powder (1gm), olive oil (15ml), lime juice or lemon juice (5ml); mix gently and roast in an oven at 180 °C for 8 minutes

  • Add olive oil to a pot (15ml), add chopped onion (30gm), stir gently; add fish stock powder (1gm), cumin powder (1gm), Arabic all spice (1gm), cardamom powder (1gm), cinnamon powder (1gm) and white pepper (1gm); mix all the ingredients and cook until the onions are brown
  • Add lime or lemon juice (5ml), add water (200ml) and stir, add corn starch diluted in water (10ml), salt (3gm) and mix well until thick; cook for 15 minutes

  • Add olive oil to a heated pot (15ml), add sliced onion (30gm) and cook until burned; add cumin seeds (1gm), cinnamon stick (1gm), whole cardamom (1gm) and stir; add fish cubes (100gm), water (350ml), salt (3gm); cover with foil and cook for 30 minutes on medium heat until the ingredients dissolve

  • Wash the rice 10 times and soak in water; in a pot, add olive oil (15ml), chopped onions (30gm) and stir; add white pepper powder (1gm), cinnamon powder (1gm), cardamom powder (1gm), Arabic all spice (1gm), cumin powder (1gm), salt (4gm); mix all the ingredients, add rice (200gm), stir all the ingredients gently
  • Add the stock (350ml), cover with foil and let it cook for 10 minutes on high heat, followed by 10 minutes on very low heat.