- A thumb of ginger
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 stem of lemon grass
- 1 chilli
- 4-5 lime leaves
- A head of broccoli
- 1 lime
- 1 pak choi
- A 400g bunch of carrots
- A 200ml tin of coconut milk
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 100ml + 1 tbsp boiling water
- 1½ tbsp olive oil
- Food processor (optional)
- Measuring jug
- Large frying pan or wok
- 1.
Peel and chop your ginger and turmeric. Remove the tough outer layers of the lemon grass and roughly chop the stem. Halve the chilli. Set aside one half.
- 2.
Add the lime leaves to a food processor with the ginger, 1 tsp turmeric and half of the chilli. Blitz to a paste then put in a bowl. Finely chop everything if you don’t have a processor.
- 3.
Roughly chop the broccoli florets and place them in the food processor. Pulse a few times till you have ‘rice’. Grate or finely chop the broccoli if you don’t have a processor. Zest the lime.
- 4.
Cut the pak choi in half. Add ½ tbsp olive oil to the pan and fry the pak choi, cut side down, for 2-3 mins till charred. Remove from the pan. Cut the carrots in half lengthways (quarters if they’re large).
- 5.
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in the pan. Add the ginger paste and cook for 2 mins till aromatic. Pour in the coconut milk and 100ml boiling water. Bring up to a simmer then add the carrots. Cook for 10-15 mins till just tender.
- 6.
In a large frying pan or wok tip in the broccoli rice with 1 tbsp hot water. Roughly chop half the carrot leaves and add them. Cook for 3 mins then add the lime zest and season.
- 7.
Chop the remaining carrot leaves. Add to the coconut curry with the charred pak choi. Simmer for 1 min to warm through. Squeeze in the juice of the lime. Serve with the broccoli rice. Scatter with slices of the remaining chilli.
- Tip
It's the carrot tops
Carrot leaves and stalks taste a little like parsley. If you don’t use them all in this curry, wrap them in kitchen paper and keep in your fridge for a few days. Add to soups, salads or blitz into pesto.