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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion, cardamom seeds, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and garlic until the onion is tender and all the flavours have blended. Add the fennel seeds, cumin, coriander, garam masala and a little water. Simmer until an aromatic paste has formed. | 2. Season the fish with salt with the 1 tsp garam masala and add to the paste, along with the potatoes. Fry until the mixture is a nice yellow colour. Cover and braise until cooked. The potatoes Should be tender but still whole (about 15-20 minutes). Add extra water if necessary. | 3. Put the lentils in plenty of boiling, salted water and cook 5 minutes. Add rice and turmeric to water and continue boiling until done (about more 20 minutes). Drain and set aside. | 4. Arrange layers of the fish mixture and rice in a saucepan. Add a little water, cover, and steam for about half an hour. Garnish with quartered hard-boiled eggs. | 5. Variation: Layer the biryani in an ovenproof dish, cover, and bake for half an hour at 180°C (350°F) until heated through. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
onion	1		sliced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
cardamom seed	4			806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
clove	4			23.016	5.5045	0.5015	1.092
cinnamon	2	pieces		-	-	-	-
gingerroot	1	teaspoon	minced ground	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
garlic clove	4		crushed	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
garam masala	1 1/2	1/2		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
hake	2	lbs	diced	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
salt				-	-	-	-
garam masala	1	teaspoon		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
potato	6		peeled	-	-	-	-
grain rice	1	cup	uncooked	675.25	147.9075	13.1905	1.2209999999999999
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
red lentil	1/2	cup	uncooked	343.68	60.576	22.9536	2.0832
hard egg	4		hard-boiled	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.