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Fish Molee – Kerala Style Fish Curry & Lemon and Turmeric Rice

Half a thumb size piece of ginger.
I teasp mustard seed
1 green chilli finely chopped
10 curry leaves
One small onion finely chopped
3 dried red chillies.
1 tomato preferably not ripe
2 tablespoons vegetable Veg oil
1 tin coconut milk.
Half a teasp turmeric.
1 lemon
Handful of chopped coriander
350 g hake
Water
Coriander for decoration

 

Method:

  1. Heat the vegetable oil.
  2. Add the mustard seed until it spits
  3. Add the ginger
  4. Add the green chilli
  5. Add the curry leaves
  6. Add onion
  7. Add the red chillis. I was given a tip years ago to add them all separately as it enhances the flavour of each spice.
  8. Add the chopped tomato.
  9. Add the coconut milk and a teasp of turmeric and allow come to the boil.
  10. Turn the heat down and add the pieces of hake.
  11. Add the chopped coriander and salt.
  12. Allow to cook slowly until tender.
  13. Squeeze lemon into the dish.
  14. Serve with rice and salad. Rocket Salad is really nice with this dish and chickpea curry.

Lemon and Turmeric Rice

225g Basmati Rice
2 tsp black mustard seeds
2 dried red chillies, roughly crumbled
1 tsp turmeric
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
3 tbsp finely chopped coriander
Salt

Method

  1. Rinse the rice and place in a bowl, cover with cold water and leave for 20- 30 minutes. Drain in a sieve.
  2. Heat a pan. Add a tsp coconut oil, add the mustard seeds. When they start to spit add the chilli and fry for a few seconds.
  3. Add the rice and turmeric and stir fry for a few minutes. Add the lemon zest and juice and coriander leaves. Season well
  4. Pour over 450 ml of boiling water. Reduce the heat to very low and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Fluff up the rice before serving.

Cucumber, Chilli and Mint raita

1 large cucumber, peeled, deseeded and coarsely grated.
250 g Bio live yogurt
1 fresh red chilli deseeded and finely chopped
8 tbsp finely chopped mint
Juice of half a lime
2 tsp of roasted cumin seeds
Salt to taste.
1 tsp honey

Method

  1. Place the cucumber in a fine sieve and squeeze out all of the liquid from it and place it in a bowl.
  2. Add the yogurt, honey, chilli, mint, lime juice and cumin seeds seeds to the bowl and stir well.
  3. Season and chill for 20- 30 minutes before serving.

Individual Pavlovas with Passion Fruit Curd

For the pavlovas:

4 egg whites
250g caster sugar
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp cornflour

For the passionfruit curd:

100g caster sugar
30g butter, diced
2 eggs, beaten
Pulp of 4 passion fruits
100ml lightly whipped cream
3 kiwi fruits, peeled and diced
16 seedless green seedless grapes, destalked
Pulp of 2 passion fruits
100g raspberries
Mint leaves, to decorate

To prepare the pavlovas, preheat the oven to 120°C/fan 100°C/gas 1, whisk the egg whites until glossy, adding the sugar, spoonfuls at a time at maximum speed until thick and glossy.  Mix the vinegar and cornflour together and fold into the meringue mixture.

Line a baking tray with parchment and spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a nozzle.  Pipe small pavlova shapes (8cm or 3 inches), leaving a slight indent on top for the cream and fruit to sit.

Bake for 50 minutes, switch off the oven and leave over night to set.

To make a quick curd, place the sugar, butter, eggs and passion fruit pulp in a heavy-based saucepan and simmer over a moderately low heat, whisking until it is thick enough to hold a trail from the whisk. This will take about 10 minutes. You need to be whisking most of the time.

To assemble, arrange the pavlovas on a cake stand or pretty plate, fold the cream into the curd and spoon some onto each pavlova.  Arrange the kiwi fruits, grapes, raspberries on top.

Spoon over the passion fruit and decorate with mint leaves.