KERALAN SEAFOOD PIE
KERALAN SEAFOOD PIE
KERALAN SEAFOOD PIE

Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable oil
  • 10 fresh curry leaves
  • 1 large onion
  • sliced
  • 2.5cm/1in fresh root ginger
  • cut into fine strips
  • 4 green chillies
  • split open lengthways
  • 500g/1lb 2oz mussels in the shell
  • cleaned
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ tbsp rice flour
  • 500ml/18fl oz extra thick coconut milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 250g/9oz peeled and deveined raw prawns
  • 200g/7oz undyed smoked haddock fillet
  • diced into 1 inch pieces
  • 200g/7oz cleaned squid tubes or cuttle fish
  • scored
  • 375g/13oz all butter puff pastry – rolled 3mm/1/8in thick
  • 4 x 16cm diameter discs
  • 2 eggs
  • lightly beaten
  • 1 tbsp black onion seeds
  • 115g/4oz sprouted fenugreek seeds
  • 115g/4oz sprouted moong beans
  • 1 tomato
  • deseeded
  • cut into ½ cm/¼ in dice
  • ½ cucumber
  • deseeded
  • cut into ½ cm/¼ in dice
  • 1 green chilli (optional)
  • finely chopped
  • ½ lemon
  • juice only
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil
  • 10 fresh curry leaves
  • 2 green chillies
  • split open lengthways
Directions
  • For the pie
  • preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • First make the sauce. Heat the oil in a large frying pan
  • add the curry leaves
  • onion
  • ginger and green chillies and cook
  • stirring
  • until the onion is soft.
  • Add the mussels and turmeric
  • followed by the rice flour.
  • Mix the rice flour in evenly
  • then add coconut milk and salt
  • and bring to a simmer.
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes
  • until the mussels open up and sauce begins to turn glossy.
  • Remove the mussels and take the meat out of the shell
  • discarding the shells. Set the mussels aside
  • and continue to cook the sauce until it thickens and becomes very thick.
  • Remove the sauce from the heat
  • cool and mix the raw seafood and the mussel meat through the sauce.
  • Divide the pie filling equally among four shallow cast-iron skillets
  • garnish with the green chillies and curry leaves and cover with the puff pastry disc.
  • Brush the pies with egg
  • sprinkle with black onion seeds and bake in the oven for 15 minutes
  • or until the fish is cooked through and the pastry crisp and golden brown.
  • For the salad
  • mix together all the ingredients for the salad.
  • Serve the pie with the sprouted fenugreek and moong lentil salad alongside.