Blehat Samak

Name: Blehat Samak
Yield: To Make Thirty Sticks
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk; ½ kg (1 lb 2 oz) raw minced white fish; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; ½ tsp powdered cumin; salt and pepper to taste; 60 g (2 oz) fine toasted breadcrumbs; more fine toasted breadcrumbs; olive oil for frying; 2 tbs chopped parsley

Fish sticks (as made in Egypt)

Preparation info

To Make
Thirty
Sticks

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mediterranean Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1981

About

This recipe provides delicious titbits to serve with drinks, or may serve as a main course if the fried fish sticks are cooked briefly in a tomato sauce and served with rice. It comes from the repertoire of the Lagnado family in Cairo.

Ingredients

½ kg (1 lb 2 oz) raw minced white fish
1 whole

Africa
Egypt
Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Spicy

Method

Mix together all the ingredients except the last two. The mixture should be firm and easy to roll. If it is too soft, add some more breadcrumbs to it. Having got the consistency right, roll out the mixture into fingers about 5 cm (2