Coconut fish curry & rice
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 250g frozen sustainable white fish, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- ½-1 tsp chilli flakes or powder, or to taste
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 250g prepared diced butternut squash and sweet potato mix
- 200ml coconut milk
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste (optional)
- small bunch of coriander, roughly chopped, or use mint
- cooked rice, to serve (about 250g uncooked weight)
Method
- STEP 1
Tip the fish into a large bowl with add ½ tsp each of salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper, half the lime juice and half the turmeric. Stir gently to combine. Set aside.
- STEP 2
Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook the onion until softened, about 8-10 mins. Add the ginger, garlic, ½ tsp salt, the spices and remaining turmeric, and cook for 2 mins more until fragrant. Stir in the tomato purée and cook for a minute more, stirring. Tip the butternut squash and sweet potato mix into a heatproof bowl with a splash of water, cover and microwave on high for 3 mins until the veg is fork-tender. Tip the mixture into the pan with the onion and spices, and stir to combine.
- STEP 3
Add the coconut milk, 180ml water, the tamarind paste, if using, and a pinch each of salt and black pepper, and simmer over a medium heat for 10-12 mins until thickened and fragrant.
- STEP 4
Add the marinated fish to the hot coconut sauce in the pan and cook for 4-6 mins until the fish is opaque and cooked through. Break it into chunky flakes with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Remove the curry from the heat, stir in the remaining lime juice and scatter with the fresh coriander, then serve immediately with rice.
