All-In-One Fragrant Coconutty Haddock Curry

Covid increases the awareness of remote working luckily. As a graphic designer, I was spending so much time on the computer; this was causing not having enough time for shopping or cooking. Eventually, I started to gain weight and eat junk food a lot. To stop this, I searched for an online food ordering service and decided to go with Gousto. I loved their branding and brand messaging, as well as their recipes. Since I’m Turkish and enjoy the Mediterranean diet, their recipes were the closest one to my taste. To keep everything in my archive, I’m writing their recipes in here too for future reference.

Recipe for 2

INGREDIENTS

• Vegetable oil
• 1 fresh lemongrass stalk
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 15g fresh root ginger
• 100g brown rice
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 2 dried kaffir lime leaves
• 11g vegetable stock mix
• 50g solid coconut cream
• 1 red chilli
• 1 lime
• 200g haddock bites
• 10g parsley
• Salt to taste
• Sugar to taste

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C / 200°C (fan) / 425°F / Gas 7 and boil a kettle. Heat a large, wide-based oven-proof dish with a matching lid with a drizzle of vegetable oil over a medium-high heat. Cut the lemongrass in half and the tomatoes into wedges, and add these to the dish.
2. Crush the garlic cloves open by squashing them with the side of a knife and remove the skins. Cut the ginger in half. Add the garlic and ginger to the dish.
3. Rinse the brown rice under the cold tap. Add the brown rice, curry powder, ground turmeric and kaffir lime leaves to the dish. Add in the veg stock mix.
4. Add the coconut cream and 500ml boiled water and bring to the boil over a high heat. Once boiling, cover with a lid and put the dish in the oven for 20min.
5. Slice the red chilli and set aside for serving. 
6. After 20 min, remove the dish from the oven and add the juice of ½ lime, 1 tsp sugar and a generous pinch of salt. Add the haddock bites and return the dish to the oven for 5 min or until the haddock is cooked through – this is your all-in-one coconutty haddock curry. Your fish is cooked once it turns opaque and flakes easily.
7. To serve, cut the remaining lime into wedges. Tear the parsley over the all-in-one coconutty haddock curry. Garnish with the sliced chilli and lime wedges

Enjoy!