- 150g white basmati rice
- 1 onion
- 2 vine tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Goan curry paste
- 200ml coconut milk
- 200g French beans
- 2 cod fillets
- 300ml boiling water
- Sea salt
- 1 tbsp olive, sunflower or coconut oil
- 100ml cold water
- Small pan with a lid
- Measuring jug
- Wok or deep frying pan with a lid
- Baking tray (optional)
- 1.
Fill your kettle and boil it. Rinse the rice under cold water, then tip into a small pan and pour in 300ml boiling water. Add a pinch of salt, pop on a lid and bring to the boil. When it’s boiling, turn the heat right down and gently simmer for 8 mins, till all the water has been absorbed and the rice is tender. Take the rice off the heat and leave to steam in the pan, lid on, for 3-5 mins to finish cooking it.
- 2.
While the rice cooks, peel and finely chop the onion. Dice the tomatoes. Warm a wok or deep frying pan over a medium-high heat for 1 min, then add 1 tbsp oil and the chopped veg. Season with a pinch of salt and fry, stirring often, for 5 mins till the veg look glossy.
- 3.
Stir 1 tbsp Goan curry paste into the veg. Cook and stir for 1 min. Pour in the coconut milk, then half-fill the can with cold water (around 100ml) and pour that into the pan, too. Pop a lid on the pan (or use a baking tray if you don’t have a lid) and bring to the boil.
- 4.
While the curry sauce comes to the boil, trim the woody ends off the French beans and discard. Roughly chop the beans.
- 5.
When the curry sauce is boiling, turn the heat down to a bubble. Stir the beans into the pan. Carefully slide the cod fillets into the pan. Pop the lid (or baking tray) back on the pan and simmer for 4-5 mins till the fish is cooked – it will be opaque and flake easily when pressed with a fork.
- 6.
Fluff the rice up with a fork and divide between 2 warm plates. Top with the cod fillets, the veg and coconut sauce. Serve straight away.