THAI YELLOW FISH CURRY

THAI YELLOW FISH CURRY

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

With vermicelli, pumpkin and sprouts


Ingredients

THAI YELLOW FISH CURRY

  • ½ teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)
  • ½ shallot, finely diced
  • 1½ teaspoons finely grated ginger
  • 1½ teaspoons Thai yellow curry paste
  • 100g peeled pumpkin, diced 1cm
  • Eggplant, diced 1.5cm until you have ½ cup worth
  • ½ can lite coconut milk
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 2½ teaspoons soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ carrot
  • 300g fish fillets
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • ½ teaspoon runny honey

VERMICELLI

  • 100g vermicelli noodles

TO SERVE

  • 50g mung bean sprouts
  • 3-4 tablespoons coriander leaves and stalks, chopped

Steps

  1. a full kettle to the boil.
  2. Heat oil in a medium pot (with a lid) on medium heat. Cook shallot for 1-2 minutes, until softened. Add ginger and curry paste and cook, stirring for a further 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add pumpkin and eggplant and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add a dash of coconut milk if mixture starts to stick.
  3. Add remaining coconut milk, boiling water, soy sauce and salt. Bring to a simmer, cover, reduce heat to low-medium and cook for 4-5 minutes, until pumpkin starts to soften.
  4. Cut carrot in half lengthways and thinly slice on an angle. Pat fish dry with paper towels, remove any remaining scales or bones, cut into 3-4cm pieces and season with salt. Set all aside.
  5. Place vermicelli in a medium, heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave to soak for 4 minutes, until tender, then drain. Use kitchen scissors to snip in a few places. Set half the noodles aside, you will need only half for this meal.
  6. Add carrot and fish to curry and stir gently to combine, ensuring fish is submerged. Cover, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1–2 minutes, until fish is just cooked through and vegetables are tender. Remove curry from heat as soon as fish is just cooked, as it will overcook quickly.
  7. Gently stir through spinach, lemon juice and honey. Season to taste with salt, if required.
  8. divide vermicelli and Thai yellow fish curry between bowls. Top with mung bean sprouts and coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1523 kj
364 kcal
Protein 34.5g
Carbohydrate 31.0g
Fat 10.3g