Wednesday's Dinner

Fish Curry, Homemade Garlic Naan bread and a side of Saffron Rice

Yummy meal times in the Mazzarella household. After ages of wondering how fish curry tastes "too fishy , too creamy" I had no idea, all I knew was how much my friends Tara and Sabine ate it at home and LOVED IT

Because of this I knew the perfect time to test out how apparently 'brilliant' fish curry is, was on a Wednesday night for my family, because you know family are the best critics.

Whilst pondering on Pinterest after pinning many, many probably useless sites that led to no recipes just had pretty pictures, I came across a wonderful pretty simple recipe by 'The Pretty Blog' Seeing as it was my first time making fish curry I didn't want a really authentic one that took hours to make and years to master the perfect flavor so I settled for this one, and hey what do you know it turned out pretty amazing if I don't say so myself, of course practice will perfect it but for a first time I was quite pleased with myself.

As everyone who knows me well enough knows I have a bit of an crazy obsession with porridge and bread. I couldn't really incorporate porridge into this dinner,(it doesn't really sit well with fish curry hahah) so I decided to make a classic garlic naan bread which is one of my fav bread types. Again on Pinterest I found this by simply searching 'vegan naan bread' now for any of you judging me out there, just because something is vegan doesn't mean it tastes horrible. These naan's were light and fluffy, just the way they should be, full of flavor and absolutely scrumptious. I like to reduce the amount of animal product I include in my recipes.

 "I want to Minimize the number of deaths I'm responsible for" - John Green, The Fault in Our stars

'Veg recipes from India' created a delectable naan bread recipe that was the best healthy and vegan one to use along side my fish curry.

Naan Bread rising before rolling them out and cooking them up

To soak up all the goodness from the curry I wanted to make some flavorsome saffron rice. It was really easy basically all you do is cover a few saffron threads with a couple of tablespoons of water for 10 minuets. Then add that to a small saucepan along with 2 tablespoons of vegetable concentrated stock and enough basmati rice to make 4 cups worth or cooked rice. Follow the absorption method on the packet. Once the rice is cooked run over with hot water and serve with the fish curry.
I thought the saffron rices flavor as a side to the fish curry was a bit overwhelming but if you like a sort of party in your mouth flavor enjoy!

Anyways this recipe was how I spent my whole Wednesday afternoon once I got back from school. It was worth it !! Try it for yourself

Links to all the recipes 
Bo-Kaap Fish Curry by The Pretty Blog http://www.theprettyblog.com/food-and-wine/bo-kaap-fish-curry/
garlic naan by veg recipes of india http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/garlic-naan-recipe/

- Grace

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