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Delicious Fish Curry

Delicious Fish Curry

Ingredients

  • 2 Medium Cod Loin Fillets (cubed)
  • 2 teaspoons Chilli powder
  • 6 Small Shallot Onions (Chopped)
  • 4 Small Green Chillies (De-seeded)
  • handful Curry Leaves
  • 1 carton Tomato Passata
  • 2 tablespoons Tamarind Paste
  • 1 bulb Garlic (crushed)
  • Olive Oil

Directions

Step 1
Cube the cod and set aside
Step 2
Blitz the shallots garlic. and de-seeded chillies together
Step 3
Heat olive oil in a wok or large pan and add the shallots, garlic and chilli and fry until golden brown then add chill powder and make sure the powder is cooked out but don't burn
Step 4
Then add the tomato passata to the pan and stir then mix the tamarind paste with one cup of water and pour into the pan and bring to the boil and add the curry leaves
Step 5
Add a couple of whole chillis and stir in
Step 6
Now add the fish and cook for approx. 10mins then serve with rice or crunchy bread

Delicious Beetroot Soup

Delicious Beetroot Soup

Serves 2
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes
Total time 40 minutes
Dietary Vegetarian
Meal type Main Dish
Misc Serve Hot

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
  • 1 medium slice Onion (Chopped)
  • Half pint Chick Stock
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • Qtr teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
  • 3 Medium Fresh Beetroots (Peeles and Halved)
  • 1 Medium Potato (peeled and halved crosswise)
  • 1 Bayleaf
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
  • 4 teaspoons reduced-fat sour cream

Directions

Step 1
Heat the oil in heatproof dish over a medium high heat.
Step 2
Add the onion and sauté for approx. 3 minutes or until golden brown or tender
Step 3
Add the chicken stock, water, salt and pepper, beetroot and potato and bayleaf
Step 4
Bring to the boil then reduce the heat, and simmer, uncovered for approx 20 minutes or until the beetroot and potato are tender. Discard bay leaf.
Step 5
Now place one-third of the beetroot mixture in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
Step 6
Place pureed mixture in a large bowl then repeat the procedure twice with the remaining beetroot mixture.
Step 7
Return the pureed soup to the pan.
Step 8
Warm soup over a low heat for 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from the heat and stir in lemon juice.
Step 9
Stir in 3 teaspoons sour cream into the soup, stirring with a whisk.
Step 10
Now serve the soup into two bowls and top with the remaining sour cream by swirling sour cream mixture using the tip of a knife