Sunday, November 22, 2009

Herb rice with Fish (sabzipolo mahi)




Ingredients:

1. Rice 4 cups
2. Parsley 1 cup (finely chopped)
3. Cilantro 1 cup (finely chopped)
4. Dill 1 cup (finely chopped)
5. Garlic 6 cloves (finely chopped)
6. Oil
7. Salt

Fish ingredients:

1. Tilapia fish
2. Flour 1 cup
3. Cumin 2 tsp
4. Cinnamon 2 tsp
5. Salt 2 tsp
6. Oil to fry the fish

Directions:

Prepare the rice as directed before until drain.
Mix greens and garlic.
In an appropriate pan combine rice and herbs in layers.
Add mixture of half cup oil and half cup water and steam for about 45 minutes or until all ingredients become tender and done.
You may garnish the rice with saffron or not.

Wash tilapias and take the water from the surfaces using a piece of towel paper.
Mix one cup flour with 2 tsp cumin and 2 tsp cinnamon and 2tsp of salt.
Put both sides of tilapias in flour mix and fry both sides in preheated oil in a skillet pan.

You may have any kind of fish (salmon, cat fish, etc) or even baked or grilled fish with this rice mix.

Enjoy!

3 comments:

  1. Oh wow!!!!! Really love this new idea!!!! Will try it. I love fish!

    Your faithful follower!

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  2. One question: how do you keep the tilapia from breaking? Mine break easily when I want to flip it. Do you wait till one side is very crispy before flipping?

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  3. yes,

    I will wait until it is crispy enough but sometimes it will be broken:)

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