Egyptian Rice for Fish
"This is a must have dish cooked in egypt with any kind of fish very easy and tasty
and you have a choice of adding tiny pieces of shrimp to it or cumin or even raisins"
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
directions
- cook onion in the oil till it is dark brown but not burned (very important not to burn the onions).
- add the rice stir and the water and salt (as i said you could put a small spoon of cumin or a handful of raisins or prawns).
- boil then put on very low heat till the rice is cooked.
Questions & Replies
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What is the name of this dish in Arabic?
Reviews
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Yeah this is very nice when having fish. However,I use vegetable soup stock instead of water,following my mother in law's method. It's not a must but you can try it if you like,even only once. However I think I am going to try using water and adding some cinnamon and find out the difference. -
traditionaly egyptians add a teaspoon of cinamon to this recipe while the rice is boiling. it's lovely with fish and tihina. -
I would advice against the Cinnamon I feel it is too strong for the Rice, try cumin to enhance the taste and some raisin and unsalted cashews for texture, try also to fry little bit of garlic with the onion. -
I would give this three stars if it was with cinnamon as I made it that way by a reviewers suggestion and didn't like the taste. The texture also was a bit hard because rice should be soaked if you use white Basmati as I did and many do in the middle east. I used extra virgin olive oil to be healthy, the normal amount of water I usually cook rice in (4 cups to 2 cups rice), sea salt, to taste plus the onion. I won't make this again. Made for WELCOME TO EGYPT!
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If it isn't an easy recipe i will never cook it again.
It has to be easy and yummy.
