Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh tuna fish (cut into steaks)
- 2 yellow onions (sliced thinly)
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tomatoes (diced)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Cloves (1 pinch)
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (this is really the bezar mix)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3 cups rice
- 1 lime (dried lime, loomi - optional)
How to Make
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Step 1: Soak rice in water 2 hours (umm binat said this could only be 1/2 hour).
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Step 2: Sprinkle tuna with bezar and salt.
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Step 3: Fry in oil, brown on both sides, then remove.
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Step 4: Add onions, then brown. Add garlic and spices, then brown.
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Step 5: Add tomato paste (you could add more tomato paste here if you would like a redder rice and tomatoes). Brown.
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Step 6: Add 4 1/2 cups water.
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Step 7: Add loomi , or if adding lime juice do that when you take off heat.
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Step 8: Add tuna fish; simmer covered 20 minutes.
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Step 9: Drain rice, then add to pot (don't stir the rice). Cover with damp cloth and put lid back on. Simmer 10 minutes shake. Simmer 10 more minutes. Let set covered.
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