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Curried Hake Bites, Lemon Rice & Coconut Salsa
Trust us – these crispy, curried hake bites are your new favourite dinner. Dished up with a bright and citrussy lemon rice. Add a green chilli and coconut salsa on the side – and your dinner table turns into a flavour-packed party! Healthy and extraordinarily delicious.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
7 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 80g brown rice (brown rice (100%))
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds (Mustard)
- 1 tbsp tikka paste (Mustard) (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Turmeric, Curry powder (Turmeric, Coriander, Yellow MUSTARD Flour, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Fenugreek, Fennel, Salt, Chilli Powder, Ground Black Pepper), Cumin, Coriander, Salt, Tamarind extract, Coriander leaf, Acetic acid, Cayenne pepper, Cornflour, Roast cumin seeds)
- 1 chilli
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 150g peas
- 1 tbsp curry powder (Turmeric, coriander, onion, garlic, fenugreek, fennel, chilli powder, black pepper, salt)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
- 80g green beans
- 2 tbsp chickpea flour (chickpea flour (100%))
- 2 hake fillets (skin off) (Fish)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 705
Protein: 52g
Carbs: 54g
Fat: 32g
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp tikka paste (use half) (Mustard) (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Turmeric, Curry powder (Turmeric, Coriander, Yellow MUSTARD Flour, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Fenugreek, Fennel, Salt, Chilli Powder, Ground Black Pepper), Cumin, Coriander, Salt, Tamarind extract, Coriander leaf, Acetic acid, Cayenne pepper, Cornflour, Roast cumin seeds)
- 2 tbsp chickpea flour (use half) (chickpea flour (100%))
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds (use half) (Mustard)
- 80g brown rice (use half) (brown rice (100%))
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 1 tbsp curry powder (use half) (Turmeric, coriander, onion, garlic, fenugreek, fennel, chilli powder, black pepper, salt)
- 80g green beans (use half)
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 150g peas (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
- 150g hake fillet (skin off) (Fish)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (use half) (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 705
Protein: 52g
Carbs: 54g
Fat: 32g
Curried Hake Bites, Lemon Rice & Coconut Salsa
Trust us – these crispy, curried hake bites are your new favourite dinner. Dished up with a bright and citrussy lemon rice. Add a green chilli and coconut salsa on the side – and your dinner table turns into a flavour-packed party! Healthy and extraordinarily delicious.
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Cooking Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the rice and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked. Trim and quarter the green beans. Add the green beans and peas to the rice in the final 2-3 mins, then drain all together.
- On a separate chopping board, cut each hake fillet into 3-4 pieces. Add the chickpea flour to a large bowl, then add the tikka paste, curry powder and 50ml water (25ml for 1 person). Season with sea salt and black pepper. Add the fish to the bowl and toss gently to coat evenly.
- Heat a large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Cook the hake for 6-8 mins, turning once, until golden, crispy and cooked.
- Meanwhile, place the coconut in a small mixing bowl with 1 tbsp boiling water and leave to soak. Roughly chop the coriander and finely dice the chilli (to taste). Add both to the coconut bowl, along with the juice from half the lemon and 1 tsp olive oil. Season with sea salt and black pepper and mix well.
- Return the empty frying saucepan with 1 tsp oil over medium-high heat. Add the mustard seeds, ginger & garlic paste and remaining curry powder, then cook for 30 seconds. Add the cooked rice, green beans and peas to the pan. Season with the juice from half a lemon. Season well with sea salt and black pepper.
- Serve the hake bites alongside the lemon rice and the coconut salsa.
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