Sumatran Spiced Coconut Pork & Rice
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Total: 20 mins
Succulent pork escalopes simmered with summer French beans and tender baby leaf spinach in a creamy, Sumatran curry-spiced coconut sauce. Served with fluffy white basmati rice and a zesty squeeze of lime.
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758 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 150g white basmati rice
  • 200g French beans
  • 2 pork escalopes
  • ½-1 tbsp Sumatran curry paste
  • 200ml coconut milk
  • 100g baby leaf spinach
  • 1 lime
From your kitchen
  • 400ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • 1 tbsp coconut, sunflower or olive oil
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • Small pan with lid
  • Frying pan or wok
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Fill and boil your kettle. Rinse the rice under cold water and tip it into a small pan. Add 300ml boiling water and a pinch of salt. Cover, bring to the boil then turn the heat right down. Gently cook for 6-8 mins till all the water is absorbed and the rice is tender. Take the pan off the heat and let it sit, lid on, for 5 mins to finish cooking the rice.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, trim the ends off the French beans and slice the beans in half.

  • 3.

    Warm a deep frying pan on a medium-high heat for 1 min. When the pan is warm, drizzle in 1 tbsp oil and carefully add the pork escalopes. Fry for 2 mins on each side, then lift out onto a plate.

  • 4.

    Place the pan back on the heat and add ½ tbsp of the Sumatran curry paste (it's spicy, but you can add more if you like). Fry for 30 secs then pour in the coconut milk and 100ml hot water from the kettle. Bring up to a bubble, then lower the heat. Pop the pork escalopes back into the pan and turn to coat in the sauce. Add the French beans and the baby leaf spinach and cook for 4 mins till the beans are tender, the spinach has wilted and the pork is cooked through. Check by cutting into the thickest part of one of the escalopes – there should be no pink.

  • 5.

    While the pork and veg cook, finely grate the zest from the lime and cut the lime into quarters.

  • 6.

    Taste the sauce and add more salt or some pepper if you think it needs it. Spoon the curry into warm bowls and serve with a scoop of fluffy rice. Top with the lime zest and serve with wedges of lime on the side.

  • Tip

    Sumatran Paste Tip
    Ingredients: Onion, peanuts, white wine vinegar, cashews, coconut, garlic, tamari, cumin seed, turmeric, bird's eye chilli, granulated sugar, ginger powder, clove, poppy seeds, galangal, lemongrass, herbs and spices

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