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Mussels with dry coconut

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 6
From Indian Food Made Easy
This coastal dish from the South-western state of Maharashtra is quick and easy to make.

Method


  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium non-stick pan and fry the onion until golden brown.

  2. Add the chillies, ginger and garlic pastes, salt, turmeric, garam masala and tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes have softened and start to break down.

  3. Meanwhile, cook the mussels in a large pot of boiling water for about three minutes, until they have opened. Remove them with a slotted spoon and set aside. Reserve the water.

  4. Add the coconut, coriander and a splash of the cooking water to the spices and tomatoes and stir. The spice mixture should be thick enough to coat the mussels and enter the shells.

  5. Remove some of the mussels from their shells and leave others in their shells, for a dramatic and appetising effect. Add the mussels to the spice mixture and stir thoroughly. Serve with basmati rice.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 2-4 green chillies, whole
  • thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and pounded into a paste in a pestle and mortar
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and pounded into a paste in a pestle and mortar
  • salt, to taste
  • ½tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tbsp garam masala
  • 3 tomatoes, chopped into large cubes
  • 1kg/2¼lb mussels, scrubbed and de-bearded
  • 60g/2oz desiccated coconut
  • handful fresh coriander leaves and stalks, chopped

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