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African curry with mussels by Mrs Seafood
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Ingredients
- 1 kg mussels
- 400 g choppedtomatoes
- 200 ml coconutmilk
- 2 small onions
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 cm freshginger
- 1 freshchili pepper
- 1 tl tumeric
- 1 tl cardamom
- 1/2 bunch coriander
- olive oil
Instructions
- Finelychop the onions, garlic and pepper
- Heat some oil in a deep pot in the mean time. Glaze themixture on a low heat
- Stirthe ginger, tumeric and cardamom through the mixture
- Addthe tomatoes and leave to simmer for at least 15 minutes
- Pourin the coconut milk, stir well and let simmer again. The curry may get ratherthick as the the mussels will water it down a bit
- While the curry is simmering, rinse the mussels and checkthem as shown on the packaging
- Stir the mussels into the pan. Place a lid on the pan andlet simmer for about 4 minutes or until all the shells are open. Stir oncehalfway so all mussels cook at a similar rate
- Pickand chop the corander and sprinkle on top to serve
Notes
Tip: this dish is great with some fluffy basmati rice