Cape Fish Kedgeree Food

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Boil the eggs for 10 minutes, then hold under cold running water. Put the fish and bay leaves in a shallow pan with enough water to cover. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes, until cooked through. Remove from pan and leave to cool. Remove the skin from fish, flake into chunks and set aside.
• Cook the rice in salted water for about 10 minutes and drain. Refresh in cold water, drain again, and leave in the fridge until needed. Melt the butterghee in a pan over a low heat. Add the ginger, onion and garlic. Soften for about 5 minutes, then add the curry powder and mustard seeds. Cook for a further few minutes, then add the chopped tomatoes and lemon juice.
• Quarter the eggs. Add the fish and rice to a pan and gently heat through. Add the eggs, most of the coriander and the chilli and stir gently. Place in a warm serving dish. Mix the rest of the coriander into the yoghurt and serve with the kedgeree.

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to package directions. Drain, and set aside to cool. Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. Set aside.
• Place the haddock in a small skillet with the bay leaf. Pour in enough milk just to cover the fish. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook gently until fish flakes. Remove fish from the pan, flake with a fork, and set aside. Discard milk and bay leaf.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in curry powder, then add the peas and onions. Fry for a couple of minutes, then add the cooked rice, eggs, and fish. Stir gently, and season with salt and pepper. Heat through, and serve with yogurt.

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Simmer the haddock in 4 cups salted water for 10 to 15 minutes, but don't over cook. Drain the fish, saving the cooking water. Remove the skin and bones, and flake the fish, keep hot.
• Fry the onion gently in the butter with the garam masala and turmeric until softened.
• Cook the rice in the haddock water until tender, then drain and allow to dry out a little. Add the spiced fried onion to the rice and fold in the flaked fish and the roughly chopped eggs. Pour in the cream and add the quartered eggs. Season with salt, pepper and parsley.

CAPE FISH KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Slowly saute onions in butter til deep golden brown.
• Add curry powder and stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Place haddock, rice and sultanas over onion and toss lightly to combine.
• Season to taste.
• Place tomatoes over rice mixture, place lid on skillet, lower heat and let tomatoes sweat til cooked - about 30 minutes.
• Adjust seasoning at this point.
• Chop up two eggs and sprinkle this over the tomatoes.
• Slice the remaining eggs into wedges and use these for garnish.

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• TIP: ghee is butter with the milk proteins and salts removed,which means it is less likely to burn.
• Boil the eggs for 10 minutes.
• Hold under cold running water.
• Put the fish and bay leaves in a shallow pan with enough water to cover.
• Bring to the boil,cover,and simmer for about 5 minutes,until cooked through.
• Remove from pan and set aside.
• When cool enough to handle,remove skin from fish,flake into chunks and set aside.
• Cook the rice in salted water for about 10 minutes and drain.
• Refresh in cold water,drain again,and leave in the fridge until needed.
• Melt the butterghee in a pan over a low heat.
• Add the ginger,onion and garlic.
• Soften for about 5 minutes,then add the curry powder and mustard seeds.
• Cook for a further few minutes,then add the chopped tomatoes and lemon juice.
• Quarter the eggs.
• Add fish and rice to pan and gently heat through.
• Add the eggs,coriander and chilli and stir gently.
• Place in a warm serving dish.
• Mix the chopped coriander and natural yogurt,and serve with the kedgeree.

SMOKED HADDOCK KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Melt 50g butter in a large saucepan (about 20cm across), add 1 finely chopped medium onion and cook gently over a medium heat for 5 minutes, until softened but not browned.
• Stir in 3 split cardamom pods, ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 small cinnamon stick and 2 bay leaves, then cook for 1 minute.
• Tip in 450g basmati rice and stir until it is all well coated in the spicy butter.
• Pour in 1 litre chicken or fish stock, add ½ teaspoon salt and bring to the boil, stir once to release any rice from the bottom of the pan. Cover with a close-fitting lid, reduce the heat to low and leave to cook very gently for 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring some water to the boil in a large shallow pan. Add 750g un-dyed smoked haddock fillet and simmer for 4 minutes, until the fish is just cooked. Lift it out onto a plate and leave until cool enough to handle.
• Hard-boil 3 eggs for 8 minutes.
• Flake the fish, discarding any skin and bones. Drain the eggs, cool slightly, then peel and chop.
• Uncover the rice and remove the bay leaves, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods if you wish to. Gently fork in the fish and the chopped eggs, cover again and return to the heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the fish has heated through.
• Gently stir in almost all the 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, and season with a little salt and black pepper to taste. Serve scattered with the remaining parsley and garnished with 1 lemon, cut into wedges.