Tikka Spiced Coconut Fish Curry
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Sustainably sourced fish pie mix poached in a creamy tikka-spiced coconut sauce, served with turmeric and cinnamon rice and a lively side of chilli greens.
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891 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 300g brown basmati rice
  • 2 red onion
  • A thumb of ginger
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 4 vine tomatoes
  • 4 tsp tikka masala spice mix
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 1 cabbage
  • 2 chilli
  • A thumb of turmeric
  • 2 cinnamon stick
  • 680g fish pie mix
  • 4 tsp black mustard seeds
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp coconut or olive oil
  • 650ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
You'll need
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Small pan with a lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Medium pan with a lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Frying pan or wok
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Tip the rice into a large bowl. Cover with cold water and whisk for 1-2 mins till the water is cloudy (this is the starch). Drain and rinse.

  • 2.

    Peel and grate the turmeric into a small pan. Drop in the cinnamon stick. Tip the rice into the pan. Cover with 300ml boiling water and add a pinch of salt. Simmer for 25 mins till the rice is tender and all the water has been absorbed. Remove from the heat and cover with a lid to steam and keep warm.

  • 3.

    Meanwhile, peel and thinly slice the red onion. Set half the sliced onion to one side. Peel and grate the ginger and 1 garlic clove. Finely chop the tomatoes. These ingredients will form the base of the curry sauce.

  • 4.

    Warm a medium pan and add 1 tbsp oil. Add half the sliced onion with the ginger and garlic. Fry for 2 mins to soften. Add the tomatoes and 2 tsp tikka masala spice mix. Stir and cook for 2 mins. Pour in the coconut milk and 300ml boiling water. Lower the heat, then cover and simmer for 10 mins.

  • 5.

    Finely shred half the cabbage (see our tip for what to do with the other half). Thinly slice the remaining garlic clove. Halve the chilli. Flick out most of the seeds. Finely slice it. Set to one side.

  • 6.

    When the rice has 5 mins left to cook, lower the fish pie mix into the bubbling coconut sauce. Pop on a lid. Cook for 5 mins.

  • 7.

    Heat a frying pan or wok. Drizzle 1 tbsp oil. Drop in the garlic, chilli, remaining sliced onion and 2 tsp black mustard seeds. Sizzle for 2 mins. Then add the shredded cabbage and stir. Pour in 50ml boiling water and cook for 2 mins.

  • 8.

    Taste and season the curry sauce, the rice and the cabbage. Divide the golden rice between 2 warm, shallow bowls. Top with pieces of cooked fish and spoon over the sauce. Serve with the spiced cabbage on the side.

  • Tip

    Cabbage Patch
    Spice up your slaw. Finely shred your leftover half cabbage. Grate a couple of carrots and a few beetroot. Whisk together a couple of tbsp. tahini, some lime juice and grated ginger. Mix everything together with a few handfuls of raisins and plenty of seasoning.

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