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Cashew, coconut and tomato fish curry with fresh fennel salsa and chargrilled naan bread

January 12, 2017 (Last Updated: November 15, 2018)

The traditionally tropical flavours in this dish work beautifully with slightly heavier tomato and spicy fish. Curry is always a hit with a crowd, so make sure to save yourself a bowl. Cashew, coconut and tomato fish curry with fresh fennel salsa and chargrilled naan bread will prove to be very popular!

Recipe by Claire Ferrandi

Assisted by Nomvuselelo Mncube

Photograph by Annalize Nel

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Cashew, coconut and tomato fish curry with fresh fennel salsa and chargrilled naan bread

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

olive oil, to fry and drizzle
1 onion, peeled and diced
15ml (1 tbsp) cumin seeds
15ml (1 tbsp) coriander seeds
15ml (1 tbsp) fennel seeds
4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
6cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
10ml (2 tsp) ground turmeric
5ml (1 tsp) dried chilli flakes
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
135g baby corn
800g sustainable kingklip fillets, skins removed and cubed
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
200g cashew nuts, toasted
4 handfuls fresh coriander leaves, chopped + extra, to garnish
juice of 1 lime
To serve
1 fennel bulb, diced
small handful fennel leaves, chopped
½ red onion, peeled and finely sliced
lime wedges
chargrilled naan bread

Instructions

Heat a glug of olive oil in a medium-sized pot over low heat, and fry the onion until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes.

While the onion fries, make the curry paste. Using a pestle and mortar, finely grind together the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, garlic cloves, ginger, turmeric and chilli flakes. If the paste seems a little dry to grind easily, add a splash of olive oil.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Add the curry paste to the fried onion, reduce the heat to medium and fry, stirring, 2 minutes, before adding the tins of tomatoes and coconut milk. Bring to a simmer, add the baby corn and cook, 10 minutes.

Add the fish to a roasting tray, drizzle with olive oil and season to taste. Cook in the oven, 10 minutes. While the fish cooks, stir the cashews, coriander and lime juice through the curry sauce and season well to taste.

Bring the curry sauce to a simmer and add the fish (discarding any cooking liquid that collects from the fish). Serve with the diced fennel bulb and chopped leaves, red-onion slices, lime wedges for squeezing, fresh coriander leaves and naan bread.

Try our recipe for naan here.