This fish curry is deeeelicious!

[Ian]

Every Brit-expat misses their Indian curries (don't they?).  Here's a Mauritian fish curry that is a fabulous alternative, serves two:

15ml spoon coriander

seeds

5ml spoon cumin seeds

 Dry fry both till brown

(3mins) over low heat. Put in food processor.

 3 x 15ml spoons sliced

shallot (3 big ones)

2 cloves garlic

1 inch knob of root

ginger

1 lemongrass stalk

3 fresh red chillies (no

seeds)

2 x 5ml spoons mild curry

powder

5ml spoon salt

some fresh coriander

leaves

 Add to food processor and

blend till a paste. (add some oil for moisture if necessary)

 Put some oil in a pan

and fry the paste until fragrant (5 mins)

 2 fillets of cod

Poach the cod in some water

while you are doing the paste. (8 mins depending on size of fish) Retain the poaching

water for later.  Flake the poached

cod into chunky-flakes and keep for later.

300g fresh tomatoes, de-seeded and whizzed up in the processor

Add the tomatoes to the

paste and continue to cook for 5 mins

 200mls thick coconut milk

200mls of fish-poaching

water (perhaps with a fish-stock-cube

crumbled up in it)

 Add to pan and simmer till

sauce thickens to a consistency you like. 

Sweeten with a tablespoon or two of sugar if you like.

Just prior to serving put

the cod back in to warm through.

Season with salt and

pepper and serve with boiled rice. Garnished with a few more fresh coriander

leaves.

Enjoy!

 

[LEO]

Mouthwatering!

Ian , you are a star!

There might be people on this forum throwing their knickers at you now!

[5-element]

Thank you Ian, now printed it and ready to go![:)]

[Crevette]

Hi Ian,

Many thanks! That sounds great - I will give it a go!

I am more of a Thai curry addict and have  a box of lemograss,chillies, galanga root, thai basil, lime leaves, and ginger in the freezer which I use a lot! In Paris you have the "tong freres" near Place d'Italie which sells you everything you could ever need (complete with nice Singha beers!)

I found another very interesting curry dish from Brazil with peanuts and lime which I really like - here's the link ;

http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.com/2006/12/brazilian-xinxim-de-gallina.html

"Bon app!"

-Rob-