- 150g white basmati rice
- 1 courgette
- 1 carrot
- 4 red spring onions
- 1 orange
- A thumb of ginger
- 1 red chilli
- 2 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp tamari
- 2 cod fillets
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 300ml cold water
- 1.
Heat the oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Put the rice in a bowl and cover with cold water. Swoosh about a bit with your hand. This will help make it stickier. Leave to sit while you prepare the veg.
- 2.
Trim the courgette and cut it into long thin strips. Peel the carrot and cut it into thin diagonal slices.
- 3.
Cut the green parts from the spring onions and finely chop them. Set aside. Trim the roots and keep the scarlet bulbs whole.
- 4.
Drain the rice (but don’t rinse). Put in a pan and cover with 300ml cold water. Cover and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat. Stir briefly, then leave to sit for 10 mins with the lid on.
- 5.
While the rice cooks, zest the orange. Juice half of it. Peel and grate the ginger. Finely chop the chilli, flicking out the seeds for a little less heat. Whisk the orange zest and juice, ginger and chilli with 2 tbsp each of the honey and tamari and ½ tsp of the cinnamon.
- 6.
Pile the carrot, courgette and the spring onion bulbs into a baking dish. Pop the fillets of fish on the heap of veg. Spoon 2 tbsp of the honey mix over each cod fillet. Whisk the remaining sauce with 2 tbsp water. Pour into the dish, around the cod and over the veg.
- 7.
Slide the tray into the oven for 10-12 mins till the cod fillets are cooked. The fish will come away in large flakes when parted with a fork. The veg will still be crunchy.
- 8.
Divide the rice between 2 wide bowls. Spoon over the veg then sit a piece of cod on top of each. Spoon over the sauce and finish with a scattering of spring onion greens.