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Tin roof ice cream burfee

20 minutes

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Chicken samoosas with kingklip curry, roti and milk tart

15 minutes

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Cheat’s veg kadhi

25 minutes

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Kitchari

40 minutes

Great value

Lentil dhal soup

5 minutes

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Coconut-crusted tofu with jasmine rice

10 minutes

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Fish biryani

50 minutes

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Bombay rice with tikka-smoked chicken

15 minutes

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Vegetable jalfrezi

15 minutes

Sambar-style Indian fish broth

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 T ghee
1 onion, finely chopped
2 t garlic crushed
2 t fresh ginger crushed
1 t fresh turmeric crushed
10(or 2 sprigs) fresh curry leaves
2 T Woolworths hot curry powder
1 can 400 g crushed tomatoes
3 cups fish stock
150 g frozen hake
150 g frozen trout fillets
salt, to taste
Woolworths mini butter rotis, warmed, for serving
fresh coriander, to garnish

For the brinjals:

4 T sunflower oil
2 large brinjals, sliced into thick rounds
1 t fresh turmeric crushed
1 t chilli crushed
1 t fresh ginger crushed
1 t garlic crushed
1 cup plain yoghurt
salt, to taste

Method

1. Heat the ghee in a pan. Add the onion and cook over a low heat until soft. Add the garlic, ginger, turmeric, curry leaves and curry powder. Cook for 1 minute, stirring.

2. Add the tomatoes and stock, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the fish, cover and poach for 5 minutes.

3. To make the brinjals, preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat the oil in a cast-iron pan. Cook the brinjal on both sides over a medium heat.

4. Mix the turmeric, chilli, ginger and garlic with the yoghurt and spread onto the brinjals. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve alongside the soup and rotis, garnished with coriander.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food Assistant: Cheri Kustner

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