Another Bangladeshi recipe from Rick Stein’s ” Far Eastern Odyssey”. They would use a local river fish could Rui, but you have to adapt to what is available. A firmer fish works best, other fish can be used but may break up a bit during cooking.
Ingredients
- 175 g onions peeled and roughly chopped
- 40 g garlic peeled and roughly chopped
- 40 g peeled ginger roughly chopped
- 1 kg peeled waxy main crop potatoes e.g. desiree or charlotte
- 4 tbsps vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
- 2 tbsps freshly ground coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp ground turmeric
- 500 g monkfish fillet or cod, hake or haddock
- 2 tbsps jaggery or palm sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- a large handful coriander leaves roughly chopped
Servings:
Instructions
- Put the onion, ginger and garlic into a mini food processor and blend to a smooth paste. Cut the potatoes into small 1 cm thick slices.
- Heat the oil in a wide shallow pan and add the onion paste. Fry for 10 minutes until lightly brown then add the chilli powder, coriander, turmeric and 2 tsps salt and fry for another 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
- Add 100 ml water and leave the sauce to simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.Add another 300 ml water and the potatoes then cover and leave to simmer for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
- Cut the fish into 3 cm chunks and stir into the curry. Simmer for four minutes or until just cooked through. Stir in the fresh coriander, sugar and lime juice and serve.
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