Get adventurous and serve up tender fish with its hot and sour juices oozing out into fluffy watercress rice - mouth watering!
Ingredients
- 85g bag watercress, roughly chopped
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 stalk lemon grass, roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 2cm piece fresh root ginger, roughly chopped
- 20g pack fresh coriander
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- 2 x 150g cod fillets
- 1tbsp sesame oil
- 150g Thai jasmine rice, to serve
WEIGHT CONVERTER
Method
- Blend the chilli, lemon grass, garlic, ginger and lime juice in a food processor to form a paste. Add the coriander and lime zest and blend for a further 20 secs until well combined.
- Rub fillets with the sesame oil and press some paste on top of each fillet.
- Steam the fish, in a covered steamer, over a pan of boiling water for 10 mins or until cooked through.
- Meanwhile, cook the rice following packet instructions then drain. Return the rice to the pan and remove from the heat.
- Add the watercress to the rice and cover with a clean tea towel and the lid. Leave for 10 mins until the rice is fluffy and the watercress is wilted. Stir through and serve with the fish.
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