Ruz sayadia

Name: Ruz sayadia
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Soudan
Ingredients: 300 g dry basmati rice; 500 ml already prepared unsalted fish stock, ingredients checked; 200 g finely sliced red onion; 100 ml plain tomato passata; 20 g unsalted butter; 10 g seedless unsweetened edible tamarind paste; 20 g golden raisins; 2 split cardamom pods; 3 cm cinnamon stick; Up to 1 g salt and black pepper

🍚 Onion and tamarind rice cooked with prepared fish stock, four side portions.

Ingredients

300 g dry basmati rice
500 ml already prepared unsalted fish stock, ingredients checked
200 g finely sliced red onion
100 ml plain tomato passata
20 g unsalted butter
10 g seedless unsweetened edible tamarind paste
20 g golden raisins
2 split cardamom pods
3 cm cinnamon stick
Up to 1 g salt and black pepper

Preparation

Rinse and drain rice. Check ready stock is strained and bone-free. Loosen tamarind with some of the measured stock.

Cook onion in butter about 15 minutes until golden without burning.

Add rice, passata, cardamom, cinnamon, pepper and tamarind; stir 2–3 minutes.

Add remaining stock and some salt, bring to boil, cover and simmer low 15–17 minutes according to rice.

Check tenderness and absorption; if dry but firm add a little measured hot water and cook longer. Rest covered off heat 10 minutes.

Remove whole spices, fluff and divide rice and 20 g raisins between four portions. No fish fillet included.