Coconut Curried Cod & Rice
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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Goan curry paste brings heat and flavour, and a splash of colour, to this vibrant dish of flaky cod fillets and seasonal green beans, simmered in a rich coconut sauce, served with fluffy white basmati rice.
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683 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 150g white basmati rice
  • 1 onion
  • 2 vine tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Goan curry paste
  • 200ml coconut milk
  • 200g French beans
  • 2 cod fillets
From your kitchen
  • 300ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • 1 tbsp olive, sunflower or coconut oil
  • 100ml cold water
You'll need
  • Small pan with a lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Wok or deep frying pan with a lid
  • Baking tray (optional)
Step by step this way
  • 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.

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