Seafood Curry Recipes

SEAFOOD CURRY

Steps:

• For the curry sauce, whizz the onion and ginger together to a purée. Heat the oil in a large pan until smoking. Add the garam marsala and sizzle for 30 secs, then add the onion and ginger purée, reduce the heat and slowly cook for 5 mins. Add the remaining spices, fry for 1 min, stir in the chilli and fry for another min, then add the tomatoes and a good pinch of salt and grind of pepper, and stir well. You can do this way in advance, then just throw the curry together on the night - the sauce will freeze or keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.
• To make the curry, melt a third of the ghee in a large pan. Cook the white fish for 2-3 mins until lightly browned, then set aside on a plate. Repeat this process with the salmon and prawns, adding another third of ghee each time. For the mussels, heat a medium-sized saucepan on a high heat. Add the mussels with 2 tbsp of water, cover tightly with a lid, and steam for 3-4 mins, shaking the pan every so often. Drain and set aside with the other seafood.
• Bring the sauce to the boil, stir the fish and mussels in gently, bring to the boil again, then remove from the heat and leave for 3-4 mins - the fish will finish cooking in the heat from the sauce. Add the coriander leaves and serve with Spiced rice and Carrot & cumin salad (see 'Goes well with' on the right of this page).

MIXED SEAFOOD CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion, ginger, and garlic in hot oil until onion starts to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir coconut milk, lime juice, curry paste, and brown sugar into onion mixture, bring to a simmer and cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
• Stir shrimp, scallops, asparagus, cilantro, and salt into onion mixture; cook until shrimp and scallops are no longer transparent in the center, about 5 minutes.

VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic, shallots and carrot and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes or until soft.
• Add lemongrass, chillies and curry powder and cook for 3 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add coconut milk, 1 cup water and fish sauce to the pan and bring to a simmer.
• Add fish and simmer gently, partially covered, for 3 minutes.
• Stir in prawns and peas and simmer gently, partially covered, for 2 minutes or until seafood is tender.
• Serve scattered with basil leaves, with steamed rice and lime wedges.

SEAFOOD THAI CURRY

Steps:

• Fry mixed seafood until 90% cooked.
• Meanwhile, fry shrimps in another saucepan until 90% cooked.
• Season all seafood with salt.
• Mince and mash the ginger.
• Warm curry paste and pour in coconut milk.
• Cook sauce with seafood, shrimp.
• Add all seasoning and spices and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Use the remaining coconut milk in the can to cook with rice or make dessert.

INDIAN SHRIMP CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the onion in the hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and allow it to cool slightly, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, paprika, and ground chile (see Note) to the onion and stir over low heat. Pour the tomatoes and coconut milk into the skillet; season with salt.
• Cook the mixture at a simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Stir the shrimp, fresh cilantro, and dried cilantro into the sauce mixture; cook another 1 minute before serving.