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Stuffed Fish with Pomegranate Sauce (Mahi-ye tu por ba anar)  Recipe
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Stuffed Fish with Pomegranate Sauce (Mahi-ye tu por ba anar) Recipe

15 ingredients 4 servings openrecipes
Stuffed Fish with Pomegranate Sauce (Mahi-ye tu por ba anar)  Recipe

To help us learn more about Persian (a.k.a. Iranian) food, we turned to culinary authority Najmieh Batmanglij. In addition to insight on Persian culinary traditions...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

856
Calories
54g
Protein
45g
Fat
63g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Halibut 100g cooked 140
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pomegranate 1/2 cup seeds (87g) 72
Orange Roughy 1 medium (131g) 62
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Angelica not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 2 pounds firm-fleshed white fish, about 1/2 inch thick: sea bass, halibut, cod, rockfish, or orange roughy
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup olive oil or butter
  • 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup pomegranate juice or 3 tablespoons pomegranate paste
  • 1 tablespoon slivered candied orange peel
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground saffron dissolved in 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 tablespoon angelica petals or powder (
  • ), for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds, for garnish

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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