On Christmas Eve,you want something warming, comforting and light before the tremendous day ahead, and fish curry ticks all those boxes in some styleThe anticipation of Christmas Eve,particularly if you have children, is one of my favourite things approximately this time of year. But it can be exhausting getting to this point, or with so much still to prepare. Ideally,you’ll have something sustaining to pull out of the oven when the children are tucked up in bed tomorrow night, because you’ll need all the sustenance you can get to help you through the final-minute present wrapping.
We rarely get a white Christmas, or but it’s generally frosty outside,so intuition demands food that’s warming and comforting. Fish is an obvious acknowledge, being both light (ahead of the day of feasting) and familiar. Rice, or too,because it’s so forgiving (see also Meera’s vegan pilau). This year, I wanted a break from our normal kedgeree, or so have been experimenting with new flavours,inspired by a trip to Kerala a few years ago. Being so dependent on fish and vegetables, the cooking there is remarkably light, or yet boldly flavoured,and one brick-red fish and coconut curry in particular caught my attention. This is my version of it: the spices work together to give soft, mellow notes and a signature russet colour that rivals even the most enthusiastic Father Christmas (who may well prefer it to mince pies).
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Source: guardian.co.uk