COCONUT FISH CURRY
Ingredients
- 1 green chilli
- roughly chopped
- pinch dried chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- handful fresh coriander
- plus extra for garnish
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion
- sliced
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- 1 large sweet potato
- peeled and chopped
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 150/5oz cod or pollack fillet
- skinned and chopped (frozen is fine)
- ½ tin coconut milk
- 1 handful spinach leaves
- or 2 blocks frozen spinach
- defrosted and liquid squeezed out
- ½ lime
- juice only
- salt
- to taste
Directions
- For the spice paste
- place all of the spice paste ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. (You can use a pestle and mortar for this
- too.)
- For the curry
- heat the vegetable oil in a wok and gently fry the onion and garlic for 4-5 minutes
- or until softened. Add the sweet potato
- curry powder and cumin and continue to fry for further 5-10 minutes
- until the sweet potato has softened
- then add the fish and two tablespoons of the spice paste. Stir to coat the fish in the spices
- then add the coconut milk and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Stir in the baby spinach leaves
- lime juice and season with salt
- to taste. Cook for another 2-3 minutes
- then stir in the coriander.
- Spoon the curry into a bowl and serve.

