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easy prawn and mussel #curry

easy prawn and mussel #curry

This took me just over 15 minutes to make. Easy and delicious.

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Prawn and mussel curry
1 tin of diced peeled tomatoes
1 large garlic clove, grated
5 ml fresh ginger, grated
15 ml olive oil
10 ml of strong curry powder (all depends how strong you like it)
8 prawn heads
2.5 ml salt
8-10 medium prawns
15 mussels in shells

Cook the tomatoes, garlic, ginger, olive oil, salt, curry powder and prawn heads over medium heat for +-8 minutes. Stir constantly. It must have a thickish consistency. Add the prawns and mussels, cover your pot with a lid and allow to simmer for a further 8 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. If you want you can add a dash of cream but I love it just the way it is.

#Curry – deur Ishay Govender

#Curry – deur Ishay Govender

Kay se lam-en-koolkerrie. Foto uit Curry

Kay se lam-en-koolkerrie. Foto uit Curry

As iemand vir my vra wat ek die meeste geniet om te maak, is dit regte Indiese kerrie. Om uie stadig te braai, dan mosterdsaadjies by te voeg, te wag dat hulle “pop” en dan te begin speel met al die speserye, vars knoffel en vars gemmer, is vir my hemels.

Ishay Govender se boek, Curry, is een van die mees welkome geskenke wat ek nog gekry het. Die pragstuk verken nie net die verskillende style van kerrie, het wonderlike resepte en stories van mense in nie, maar sy kom ook tot die aanname dat kerrie streeksgebonde is. Soos byvoorbeeld ek en die Vrystaat. Die rede dat ek nooit Indiese speserye geken het nie, sit ek reg op die verdomde Nasionale Party se skouers, wat vanaf 1890 Indiërs nie in die Oranje Vrystaat toegelaat het nie. Skud steeds my kop.

Ishay Govender

Ishay Govender

Ishay vertel: “In Suid-Afrika het migrasiepatrone in ‘n groot mate die profiel van kerrie beïnvloed. Waar die Suid-Indiërs, Gujarat, Noord-Indiërs en Kaapse Maleiers gegaan het, het ‘n onbetwisbare stempel op Suid-Afrika se kulinêre landskap gelos.” In 1911 het Indiërs hulself hoofsaaklik in die voormalige Natal, Transvaal en Kaapkolonie gevestig om in sommige gevalle as kelners, ambagsmanne, treinpersoneel en boekhouers te werk. In hierdie streke is daar ‘n sterk teenwoordigheid van die Indiese styl kerries – hoofsaaklik “Durban-curry” wat deur Suid-Indië beïnvloed is of die ligter kerries van die Gujaratis en Noord-Indië.

Curry word uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau en kos R395

Curry word uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau en kos R395

In die Wes-Kaap voer die Kaapse Maleise kerries die botoon en die digter en kosskrywer C. Louis Leipoldt het hulle openlik vir die Kaapse cuisine gekrediteer. Namate mense oor Suid-Afrika gereis het, is die Indiese en Kaapse Maleise style van kook oorgedra om verskillende sektore van die bevolking in te sluit.

Of jy dus hou van Cartwrigths-kerrie, Rajah-kerrie, Kaap Maleise kerrie of “Durban-curry” wil ek net sê Curry is ‘n uitmuntende boek wat langs elke kerrie-liefhebber se stoof moet staan. En wanneer dit eers gemaak is saam met jou vriende, “kerrie” mens op jou lekkerste.

Garam masala
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Garam (warm) masala is ‘n ‘warm’ speserymengsel. Dit is warm in terme van die mengsel se pikantheid (pungent) en verwys nie na sy rissie-hitte nie. Dit word wyd in Indië gebruik, maar verskil in samestelling van streek na streek en van noord na suid. Dit word dikwels by kerries in die laaste deel van die kookproses gegooi of tydens marinering.
Maak ongeveer 150 g
1 heel neutmuskaat
6 klein stokkies kaneel
50 g komynsaad
50 g koljandersaad
6-8 klein lourierblare
10 ml (2 t) vinkelsaad
30 ml (2 T) swart peperkorrels
5 ml (1 t) heel naeltjies
10 ml (2 t) groen kardemom
2-3 heel swart kardemom
4-6 steranys
6-8 droë roosblare (plaas die roosblare op ‘n stuk papierhanddoek en mikrogolf vir 30 sekondes op hoog of tot droog)

Gebruik ‘n stamper en vysel om die neutmuskaat in stukke te breek. Sit eenkant. Doen dieselfde met die kaneel. Verhit ‘n groot pan oor lae hitte – moet geen olie in die pan gooi nie. Voeg al die speserye by, behalwe die roosblare. Roer vir so twee minute. Dan op medium hitte braai vir 8-10 minute totdat dit droog gebraai het. Roer en skud die pan gereeld. Die speserye sal ‘n wonderlike aardse aroma ontwikkel. Sit eenkant om af te koel. Blits die speserye in ‘n koffiemeule ‘n paar eetlepels op ‘n slag totdat jy ‘n fyn poeier kry. Voeg die droë roosblare aan die einde by. Dit sal vir twee weke in ‘n lugdigte houer hou.

Kay se lam-en-koolkerrie
(Resep uit Curry)
Bedien 4
15 ml (1 T) kanola-olie
1 groot ui, fyn gesny
15 ml (1 T) komyn, fyn
15 ml (1 T) koljander, fyn
15 ml (1 T) borrie
15 ml (1 T) warm masala
1 kaneelstokkie
1 steranys
1 kg lam (borsvleis met bene, in stukke gesny)
sout na smaak
15 ml (1 T) gemmer, gerasper
15 ml (1 T) knoffel, gerasper
1 groot tamatie, opgekap
500 g kopkool, fyn gesny
250 ml (1 k) water, plus ekstra indien nodig
6 kerrieblare
Om te bedien
vars koljander
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Gooi olie in ‘n kastrol en op medium hitte braai die ui tot ligbruin. Voeg die fyn en heel speserye by en roer goed. Meng die vleis by die speserye en roer goed. Sprinkel sout oor die vleis en roer goed. Voeg die gemmer en knoffel by en prut vir 10 minute terwyl jy aanhoudend roer. Roer die tamatie by en prut vir ‘n verdere 10 minute. Verlaag die hitte. Voeg die kool en water by en kook, gedeeltelik bedek, vir ongeveer 40 minute of tot die vleis sag is. Gooi meer water, ‘n bietjie op ‘n slag by, indien nodig. Proe nou of dit nog sout kort en gooi by indien nodig. Roer die kerrieblare by, rond af met vars koljander.

curried mushroom spuds

curried mushroom spuds

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall inspired these delicious spuds. He loves the combination of potatoes, mushrooms and curry and I love it too. It’s simple, tasty and oh so delicious!

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curried mushroom spuds
 
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(Recipe adapted from Three Good Things)
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 baking potatoes, +- 270g each
  • 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
  • 1 t mustard seeds
  • 1 t cumin seeds
  • 200g mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 fat garlic clove, finely grated
  • 2 t strong curry powder
  • 30 g of butter
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Handful fresh coriander, chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C and bake the potatoes for about an hour or until completely tender. Meanwhile, heat the oil over a medium heat and fry mustard and cumin seeds for about 1 minute.
  2. Add the mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes until tender and brown. Then add the garlic and curry powder and fry for another minute. Set aside.
  3. Halve the baked potatoes. Scoop out most of the baked flesh into a bowl, leaving each potato skin with a 5mm thick shell of flesh.
  4. Mash the scooped-out potato with the butter and some salt and pepper, then lightly stir in the curried mushrooms.
  5. Spoon the mixture back into the potato shells and heat through in the oven for 10–15 minutes. Serve with some fresh coriander.

#hake curry

#hake curry

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Everytime Easter comes around I remember with fondness our family holidays in Durban. For a week or two we lived on ice cream and sandwiches during the day, but in the evenings when we were all beached out, sunburnt and hungry my mom made us delicious grilled fish with salads . Today with this spicy Indian hake curry I want to pay tribute ton Durban, my mom and dad and to say thank you for affording us the opportunity to slip away for our annual adventure to the coast. Such carefree and happy times for our Free State family!! 🙂

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#hake curry
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 600g fresh hake, cut into large blocks
  • 1 large onion, grated (220g)
  • 3T cooking oil
  • 1T garlic, grated (about 4 cloves of garlic)
  • 1T ginger, grated (one big thumbful)
  • 2T Father-in-law masala / medium masala
  • 1 chillie, chopped
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup water (250ml)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Fresh coriander (lots of it)
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large pan and fry the onion for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the garlic, ginger, masala and fry for 3 minutes. At this stage if you need a bit of extra oil… add another tablespoon.
  3. Add the tin of tomatoes, water and salt and let it simmer for around 8-10 minutes.
  4. Add your hake and simmer for 7 minutes until the hake is cooked through. Do not stir it again otherwise the hake blocks will fall to pieces.
  5. Scoop this curry from the pan into a roti, add lots of coriander, roll up and enjoy.

samp curry + mandela + humanity + humility = the true colours of our rainbow nation

samp curry + mandela + humanity + humility = the true colours of our rainbow nation

Respect. You are in our thoughts Tata – get well soon.

Samp Curry

Click here to watch me make this.

Samptuous samp curry – Within our democracy is a technicoloured blanket of a diverse society; of young of old, of traditional and the unconventional, there is beauty and richness in our diversity and too often we fail to see the real rainbow behind our nation. Our often tainted spectacles prevent us from celebrating the bounty of our diverse heritage. Take a simple ingredient such as samp for instance…

For years, samp in its multitude of forms has fed and sustained the poorest of our nation. I grew up with samp in the Free State {yes with pap too :-)} but we normally had it with warm milk and sugar for breakfast. The traditional Xhosa dish is umngqusho, made with samp and cowpeas – this dish is said to be former South African president Nelson Mandela’s favorite meal of his childhood.

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Samp lends itself very well to absorbing flavours so to curry it for me is just a no brainer. It’s like an African chick pea that is curried. I cooked it beforehand to al dente (it still needs a bite) – and with fresh chopped coriander it’s a perfect vegetarian dish served with a roti. And it is extremely economical too!

It is a simple thing but it is often the unusual, the unsuspecting ingredients however plain they may seem that is the very dye that brings the colour to our lives and our life. We just have to look a little deeper , beyond the mirage of our own perceptions to live our lives in true colour …

Postscript – I was most fortunate to meet Mandiba once in the 90’s at a memorial function for the late Samora Machel. You see I am good friends with his granddaughter Ndileka and was very privileged to sit at one of the family tables back then. What did he say to me … this humble man? His words to me were – “Hi, so good to meet you Anél. Oh I have heard so much about you (me? – really Madiba!) and thank you for being such a good friend to my granddaughter” – well, I nearly fainted … To this day these words remain etched as a very special and lasting memory. Respect. You are in our thoughts Tata – get well soon.

Samp Curry

samp curry + mandela + humanity + humility = the true colours of our rainbow nation
 
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Serves: 4
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  • 2 Cups of cooked samp – the samp must not be all soft – it needs to be slightly al dente and still have a bit of biting texture.
  • 2 Large onions finely chopped
  • 3T Cooking oil
  • Spices
  • 3 Cardamom pods
  • 3t Mustard seeds (yellow)
  • 1t Fennel seeds
  • 1t Cumin seeds
  • ½t Coriander fine
  • 4t Curry powder (I use medium for this dish)
  • 1t Turmeric powder
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1t Chillie flakes
  • Other
  • 4 Large garlic cloves – grated
  • 2 Thumbs fresh ginger – grated
  • 6 Medium tomatoes – grated
  • Salt and pepper.
Instructions
  1. Fry onion till translucent in the oil.
  2. Then add all the spices as well as the grated garlic and ginger and fry slowly for about 5 minutes until all the flavours are released.
  3. Add the grated tomato and let it simmer till thick – +- 10 minutes on medium heat.
  4. Add ½ cup of water and let it simmer again till thick. This way you are really creating this delicious tomato chutney.
  5. Then add the samp and heat through for about five minutes - season to taste.
  6. Serve with fresh coriander and a roti.