Southern-Style Spiced Fish with Rice

Name: Southern-Style Spiced Fish with Rice
Yield: This will feed 4 people.
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon garam masala; salt and pepper; 100 g mussels, cooked; 40 g dill; 200 g prawns; 200 g cleaned squid, cut into rings; 100 g sultanas; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 200 g skinned fish fillet of choice, cut into 4; 4 measures of rice; 50 g pine nuts; 1 large onion, chopped; 2–3 cloves garlic, minced; butter/ghee

Preparation info

This will feed
4
people.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

About

This is another dished from Sohaila’s extensive and impressive fish repertoire. Here the rice and fish are layered and steamed together in a classic pulao.

Ingredients

1 large onion, chopped
2–3 cloves garlic, minced
butter/ghee

Asia
Iran
Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Fry the onion and garlic in some butter, then add the squid, followed by the fish fillets. Add the sultanas and pine nuts and, finally, the mussels and prawns. Stir in the dill and spices, and a little seasoning.

Next blanch the rice in boiling water for 8 minutes; drain. Melt