Thai Fish Curry With Coconut Rice And Crabcakes

Ingredients

Ingredients For the curry paste
  • ½ white onion

  • 3 garlic cloves

  • 1 lemongrass stalk

  • 3 green chillies

  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger

  • 1 tsp coriander seeds

  • 50g/2oz fresh coriander leaves

  • 1 lime, juice only

  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the curry
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 1 white onion, sliced

  • 2 tbsp curry paste (see above)

  • 1 x 400ml/14fl oz can coconut milk

  • 200ml/7fl oz fish stock

  • 4 halibut fillets, skin removed, diced

  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • 1 lime, juice only

  • 1 large red chilli, cut into strips, to serve

For the coconut rice
  • 200g/7oz basmati rice

  • 200ml/7fl oz coconut milk

  • 3 limes, juice only, plus zest of 1 lime, to serve

  • 200ml/7fl oz boiling water (more if necessary)

For the crabcakes
  • 75g/3oz white crabmeat

  • 75g/3oz white breadcrumbs

  • 3 spring onions, chopped

  • ½ red pepper, finely diced

  • 1 red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 1 lime, juice only

  • 1 tbsp fish sauce

  • 1 free-range egg

  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • vegetable oil, for frying

For the dipping sauce
  • 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

  • 1 tbsp fish sauce

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 tbsp sugar

  • 1 lime, juice only

  • 2 spring onions, chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

Description

This Thai-style Recipe Has It All - Fragrant Curry, Bite-sized Crabcakes And Coconut-infused Rice.

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