tamarind paste Archives

Chilli recipes

Spicy chicken-and wild mushroom dumplings with sweet chilli sauce and coconut broth

25 minutes

Chicken recipes

Chicken skewers with apricot and tamarind

15 minutes

Curry recipes

Whole baked salmon with tamarind and ginger

40 minutes

Nasi Goreng

15 minutes

Fragrant poached fish on dhal

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup dried lentils (or 1 tin cooked lentils)
2 shallots, finely chopped
1 T hot olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 T sambal oelek (or chilli paste)
2 t mustard seeds
handful of chopped coriander
1 l vegetable stock
1 t tamarind paste
1 t turmeric
4 portions of dorado (or any other firm white fish)

Method

Gently cook dried lentils according to package instructions. Drain if necessary.

In a separate saucepan over a medium to low heat, fry finely chopped shallots in hot olive oil until softened.

Fold in crushed garlic, sambal oelek and mustard seeds. Add the lentils and a handful of chopped coriander and keep on a gentle heat until warmed through.

To poach the fish: Combine the organic vegetable stock with the tamarind paste and turmeric. Bring to a gentle simmer, place the portioned fish into the liquid and poach for about 10 minutes until opaque and tender but still firm.

Serve the fish atop generous helpings of dhal.

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Spicy chicken-and wild mushroom dumplings with sweet chilli sauce and coconut broth

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Fragrant poached fish on dhal

Fragrant poached fish on dhal

Ingredients

Method