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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Saudi Arabian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash fish, clean well leaving on heads, make sure scales are all removed and fish is degutted. | 2. Wash the white Basmati rice well and leave to soak for 15-30 minutes depending on quality of rice. | 3. Bring a large pan of water to a boil put in the fish, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and clove and simmer until cooked. | 4. Remove the fish and reserve the cooking water. | 5. Cut some gashes across the fish and rub on some bahrat and the minced garlic then pour fresh lemon juice over top. Refrigerate for up to 1 1/2 hours. | 6. Cook Basmati rice with as much reserved cooking liquid as needed, sea salt and the loomis. | 7. Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the onions until soft and golden adding the turmeric, some sea salt and 1/4 tsp bahrat. | 8. Mix 2/3 of the onions into the cooked rice & sprinkle the remaining onion mixture over top. | 9. After the fish has marinated, pat dry with paper towel. | 10. Preheat oven to 275F (not very high). | 11. Heat 1/2 inch oil (vegetable or light olive) until hot in a pan and fry the fish one at a time until golden brown, then drain on paper towel. | 12. Place fish on top of rice, cover with aluminum foil and set in preheated oven for 1 hour. | 13. Serve with lemon and lime wedges, radishes if wished, and Recipe #387327 for a wonderful authentic Kuwaiti meal. | 14. Don't forget to eat this with your 3 first fingers of the right had keeping food from going above the mid knuckles! | 15. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
	2		degutted	-	-	-	-
sea salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
spice	1 3/4	3/4	divided mixed	8.7448	2.398	0.2025	0.2889
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon		2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
lemon juice	4	tablespoons		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
garlic clove	2		minced	-	-	-	-
basmati rice	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
water				-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
cardamom pod	2		bruised	-	-	-	-
clove	1	clove		-	-	-	-
lime	2		pierced dried	-	-	-	-
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
cooking onion	3			-	-	-	-
lemon				-	-	-	-
radish				-	-	-	-
tomato sauce				-	-	-	-

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