ROASTED COD CURRY WITH RICE AND PEAS WITH MANGO SALSA
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 150g/5½oz thick cod
- 100g/3½oz baby beetroot
- peeled and chopped in half
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 whole scotch bonnet
- finely chopped
- 3 salad onion whites
- finely chopped
- pinch medium curry powder
- 2 cardamom pods
- 100ml/3½floz coconut milk
- 150g/5½oz basmati rice
- 300ml/10fl oz boiling water
- 50g/1¾oz garden peas
- cooked
- ½ lime
- juice and zest only
- 1 tsp runny honey
- pinch chilli flakes
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 50g/1¾oz mango
- diced
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- To make the roasted cod curry
- heat the oil in a medium frying pan. Add the cod and baby beetroot halves.
- Pan fry for three minutes on each side. Roast in the oven for a further five minutes.
- To make the curry
- heat the olive oil in a medium frying pan.
- Add the garlic
- scotch bonnet
- salad onions and cook until soft.
- Add the curry powder and cardamom pods and cook for a further two minutes.
- Add the coconut milk and simmer until thick.
- To make the rice and peas
- place the rice in a small saucepan with the boiling water.
- Simmer for eight minutes
- drain and season.
- Add the peas to the rice and stir together. The peas will heat through with the rice.
- To make the mango salsa
- place the lime juice and zest
- honey
- chilli and sesame oil in a large bowl and whisk together.
- Add the mango and herbs and toss together.
- To serve
- pour the curry sauce on a warm plate and serve the cod and beetroot on top. Serve the rice and peas and mango salsa aside in separate bowls.

