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
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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.
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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.
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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