Yellow monkfish curry

(from nbhattacharyya’s recipe box)

Source: Bill Granger

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 6 people

Ingredients

  • Yellow curry paste
  • 1 tsp white peppercorns
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp crushed freeze-dried kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 lemon grass stalk, roughly chopped
  • 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 1 small red onion, roughly chopped
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 3 cm piece fresh root ginger, chopped
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • Curry
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 250ml chicken stock
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 850g monkfish fillets (or any firm white fish), trimmed and cubed
  • 280g green beans, trimmed
  • 175g baby corn
  • 1 1/2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 lime, juice and zest
  • 1 handful basil leaves

Directions

  1. For the paste, toast the peppercorns, coriander and cumin seeds over a medium heat for 1 minute. Pulse to a paste in a food processor with the other ingredients.

  2. Put the oil in a large pan over a medium-high heat, add 4 tbsp yellow curry paste (you can freeze any remaining paste) and cook for 2 minutes until fragrant. Add the stock and coconut milk; simmer for 5 minutes.

  3. Add the monkfish, beans, corn, sugar, fish sauce and lime juice and zest; simmer for 5 minutes until the fish is just cooked. Scatter with the basil. Serve with rice and the cashew and Bill Granger’s

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