Curried Kahawai

 

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Lois Jones
Prep:10 minutes Cook:15 minutes Difficulty:2

Ingrediants:

  • 1½ kilograms of kahawai fillet.
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice.
  • 2 onions, finely chopped.
  • 3 cloves garlic.
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder.
  • 1 red capsicum, chopped.
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric.
  • 1 teaspoon salt.
  • 1 tablespoon flour.
  • 1 tin coconut cream.
  • 2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped .

Directions:

  • Cube fish using white meat only and pour the lemon juice over it.
  • In frying pan, gently fry onion and garlic.
  • Stir together capsicum, curry powder, turmeric, salt and flour.
  • Add coconut cream; stir until thick.
  • Add fish and simmer until cooked.
  • Add tomatoes just before serving.
  • Serve with rice.
 

 

Kahawai

Kahawai

Known in more recent times as ‘the people’s fish’, kahawai is a species that European New Zealanders, until recently, treated with some disdain.

“I don’t eat bait!” was for many years a common call as the kahawai was kept for just that – as a lure to catch more popular recreational species. But like gurnard and trevally, kahawai is seen more commonly on our tables and is less often destined for the bait freezer. 


 

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