
Serves: 4
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Works well with: Fish With A Story Yellowtail fillets or portions
Occasion: Easy weekday, Entertaining
Ingredients
1 white onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp Breyani spice mix
500 g Fish With A Story Yellowtail, cut into 1 cm cubes
1 small tomato, grated
1 x 400 g tin lentils
200 g basmati rice
2 tsp turmeric
For the salad:
1 small tomato, thinly sliced
1 onion, grated
2 tbsp vinegar
Method
- For the salad, mix the sliced tomato, grated onion and vinegar. Season with black pepper and set aside.
- For the breyani, heat half the oil in a large pan on a medium heat. Add chopped onions and sauté for 4–5 minutes until soft, stirring regularly.
- Add breyani spice and cook for another minute, stirring until fragrant.
- Add the remaining olive oil and stir in the cubes of fish. Cook gently for a further 3–4 minutes until the fish starts to flake.
- Stir in the lentils* and cook for 1–2 minutes to heat through.
- Meanwhile, add the rice to a small saucepan and cover with double the volume of water. Add turmeric and bring to the boil. Cook for 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Mix the turmeric rice into the breyani mix and serve with salad garnish.
*TIP: If you prefer to use raw lentils, cook 150 g raw lentils covered in water for 8–10 minutes until tender. Drain and season.
Recipe credit:
Aunty Sophia Joorst is a traditional fisherwoman from the Struisbaai small-scale fishing community on the Cape South Coast of South Africa.