Description
A delicious Indian bass recipe from The Purple Poppadom restaurant in Swansea, Wales.
Ingredients
Scale
Tiffin Sea Bass
- 4 fillets of Sea Bass
- 1 large onion
- 10g/.5 oz ginger
- 5 curry leafs
- 1tbsp turmeric powder
- 300g/11 oz coconut milk powder
- 300ml/ 1 1/4 cup water
Curry Leaf Mash Potato
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 10g/.5 oz lentils
- 1 large onion
- 10g/.5 oz ginger
- 1 green chilli
- 3 curry leaves
- 1 tps turmeric powder
- 450g/ 1 pound boiled potatoes (skins removed and grated)
- 50ml/ 1/4 cup water
Instructions
Tiffin Sea Bass
- Peel and slice the onions,chop the ginger finely, peel the raw mango and cut into small cubes.
- Mix the coconut milk powder with 600ml/ 2 1/2 cups hot water and blend well.
- Heat oil in a pan, add sliced onions, ginger, mango and curry leaves and saute until transparent.
- Lower the heat and add chilli powder, turmeric powder, a pinch of salt and saute for 2 minutes then add the water and bring to the boil.
- When the mixture starts to thicken, add the coconut milk and cook until the sauce thickens again.
- Take off the heat and pass through a fine sieve.
- Cut each bass fillet into two.
- Coat the sea bass fillets with salt and oil and then bring the sieved sauce to the boil. Season well.
- Heat a pan and place the bass fillets skin side down and cook on both sides for 3 minutes.
Curry Leaf Mash Potato
- Chop ginger, onion, green chilli and curry leaves.
- Heat oil in a pan, add the lentils until they crackle then add the mustard seeds, ginger, onion, chilli and curry leaves.
- Lower the heat, add turmeric powder and a pinch of salt and saute for 1 minutes.
- Add the water, boiled potatoes and mash well. Check seasoning and add as desired.
To finish
- Place the Curry leaf Mashed Potato on the centre of the plate and pour the sauce over it. Finally, rest the cooked bass fillets on top.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins