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Vietnamese style cod, prawn and coconut curry

The blend of spices in this curry are a wonderful match for fish – salmon and red fish would also work well here

The blend of spices in this curry are a wonderful match for fish – salmon and red fish would also work well here

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Cooking Time

Cook: 25 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: £3.50 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 409g serving contains

Energy
1575kj
376kcal
19%
Fat
8.6g
Med
12%
Saturates
4.9g
Med
25%
Sugars
2.9g
Low
3%
Salt
1.23g
Med
21%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
385kj/92kcal

Ingredients

1tbsp rapeseed oil

1tbsp ground turmeric

2tbsp Asda Mild Curry Powder

2 shallots (finely sliced)

4cm piece ginger (grated)

2 cloves garlic (finely sliced)

1 bird’s eye chilli, finely sliced, plus extra to garnish (optional)

1tbsp tomato purée

400ml reduced-fat coconut milk

200ml stock (made using ½ reduced-salt chicken stock cube)

2tsp soft dark brown sugar

1 stick lemongrass (bashed)

2 bay leaves

1tbsp fish sauce

600g cod loin (cut into bite-sized chunks)

Extra Special frozen Indonesian Tiger Prawns (defrosted, shells removed, leaving tails on)

1 lime (½ for juice, plus remainder as wedges)

300g steamed jasmine rice (cooked)

coriander sprigs

Method

1
Put the oil in a large pan over a high heat.
2
Add the garlic, ginger and shallot and fry for 30 secs - 1 min until just starting to turn golden brown.
3
Add the curry powder, turmeric and chilli, and stir-fry for 30 secs.
4
Add the tomato purée, coconut milk, stock, sugar, lemongrass, bay leaves and fish sauce. Bring to the boil, then simmer until thickened.
5
Add the cod and prawns, and bring back to the boil.
6
Cover and simmer for 5 mins until the cod is cooked through and the prawns are pink.
7
Stir in the lime juice, garnish with coriander and serve with rice.