4.75 from 12 votes

Simple Cod Curry

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This creamy and spicy tomato cod curry has all the flavour and nutrients to make up a delicious and healthy family meal/ or works perfectly as meal prep.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
£2.37
Makes: 4
mains
Indian
Freezable
A large pan with a yellowish curry with fish on a spoon showing cherry tomatoes and fresh coriander.

Love fish? Here are some more yummy recipes to give you inspiration: Perfect Pan Fried Cod, Salmon Tray bake and Prawn and Chorizo Pasta

Ingredients

Ingredients to make the cod curry laid out on a pale blue background and labelled.

How to make this simple cod curry

*Defrost the cod fillets by placing the packet/ bag into room temp/ warm water. 

  1. Start by adding the diced onion, chopped chilli and grated ginger in a large saucepan on a low heat with a tbsp of olive oil. Gently sautee for around 6 minutes, until the onions are translucent (Image 1).
  2. Then, add the garlic and cherry tomatoes to fry for a couple, stirring frequently (Image 2).
2 step by step photos, the first with finely sliced onions, chillies and ginger in a frying pan and the second withwhole cherry tomatoes added.

3. After 2 minutes, add the seasoning (curry powder and turmeric) and continue to fry for a few minutes to allow the spices to bloom (Image 3).

4. New add the fish stock, lemon grass and cook for 5 minutes, until reduced by around half (Image 4).

*Meanwhile, pop your rice on to cook, timer set according to the packet time. Mine was 12 minutes long. 

2 step by step photos, the first with spices added to the finely sliced onions, chillies, tomatoes and ginger in a frying pan and the second with stock added  to the pan with 2 lemon grass sticks.

5. Pour the coconut milk and spinach into the pan with the curry and stir to combine.  Then gently add the defrosted cod fillets into the pan (Image 5).

6. Cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes (Image 6).

2 step by step photos, the first with spinach added to the curry sauce in a frying pan and the second with the spinach wilted in the sauce.

Serve with a sprinkle of coriander leaves and some optional chilli flakes for some added heat.

A large pan with a yellowish curry with fish on a wooden spoon showing cherry tomatoes and fresh coriander next to a small bowl of chilli flakes and another small bowl with fresh coriander.

Here are some delicious curry recipes for you to try; Thai Green Chicken Curry, Spiced Thai Chicken Noodle Soup and Slow Cooker Beef Curry

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Simple Cod Curry

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4.75 from 12 votes
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
£2.37
mains
Indian
Freezable
Servings: 4
This creamy and spicy tomato cod curry has all the flavour and nutrients to make up a delicious and healthy family meal/ or works perfectly as meal prep.

Ingredients

  • 360 g frozen cod (£4.40)
  • 1 onion, finely diced (£0.15)
  • tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated (£0.60)
  • 2 chillies (£0.55)
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced (£0.39)
  • 250 g cherry tomatoes (£0.69)
  • 400 ml coconut milk (£0.80)
  • 280 g rice, cooked according to packet instructions (£0.52/4)=(£0.13)
  • 100 g spinach (£1.00/2)=(£0.50)
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, ends cut off and centre piece bashed so the stalk has split slightly (£0.70)
  • Fresh coriander (£0.60)

Cupboard Essentials

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 ml fish stock
  • 1 heaped tsp turmeric
  • 1 tbsp curry powder

Method

Note: if you prefer less heat, de-seed your chillies before finely chopping.

  • Defrost the cod fillets by placing the packet/ bag into room temp/ warm water.
  • Start by adding the diced onion, chopped chilli and grated ginger in a large saucepan on a low heat with a tbsp of olive oil. Gently sautee for around 6 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
  • Then, add the garlic and cherry tomatoes to fry for a couple, stirring frequently. After 2 minutes, add the seasoning (curry powder and turmeric) and continue to fry for a few minutes to allow the spices to bloom.
  • Then add the fish stock, lemon grass and cook for 5 minutes, until reduced by around half. Meanwhile, pop your rice on to cook, timer set according to the packet time. Mine was 12 minutes long.
  • Pour the coconut milk and spinach into the pan with the curry and stir to combine. Then gently add the defrosted cod fillets into the pan and cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes.
  • Serve with a sprinkle of coriander leaves and some optional chilli flakes for some added heat.

Nutrition

Servings: 4 servings
Fat: 23g
Calories: 600kcal
Carbohydrates: 66g
Protein: 29g

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