Ingredients
400ml can of light coconut milk
200g large, raw prawns, from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger, peeled and butterflied with tail-shells on
4 small, fresh red mullet fillets, from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger, scaled and pin-boned
2 fresh sea bream fillets, from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger, scaled, pin-boned and cut into large pieces
2 handfuls of fresh, live mussels, from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger, washed and debearded
1 splash of soy sauce
cooked medium egg noodles, to serve
For the curry paste
6 spring onions, washed and trimmed
3 hot red chillies, deseeded (2 finely chopped and 1 finely sliced)
2 garlic cloves
1 thumb-size piece of ginger, finely chopped
2 lemongrass stalks, trimmed and finely chopped
zest and juice of 2 limes
a large bunch of fresh coriander, stalks removed and finely chopped, and leaves reserved to garnish
olive oil
Method
This cracking prawn, mussel and fish curry with noodles is full of goodness and easy to put together
- Make the curry paste. Put the onions, chopped red chillies, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, lime zest and juice, and coriander stalks into a processor. Whizz to a paste, season, then whizz again with a little olive oil, to loosen as necessary.
- Get a large pan nice and hot, and add the paste. Allow to cook down for a couple of minutes, stirring. Add the coconut milk and stir well. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer.
- Add the prawns, red mullet and bream fillet pieces, cover with a lid and allow to simmer for 2–3 minutes. Next, add the mussels, cover with a lid, and cook for another 2–3 minutes, until all the shells are open. Discard any that remain shut.
- Finish with a splash of soy sauce and serve on some cooked egg noodles. Scatter with the reserved coriander leaves and the sliced red chilli.
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