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Jamaican curried snapper with coconut and lime served with clap-hand roti
Photo: Jonas Ducker

Jamaican curried snapper with coconut and lime served with clap-hand roti

31 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Don't be alarmed at the long list of spice ingredients - the mix can be made in advance to smooth preparations. The taste is incomparable to a ready-made paste!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1480
Calories
51g
Protein
58g
Fat
193g
Carbs

Counts 22 of 27 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 22 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Snapper 100g cooked 128
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Ghee not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • ½tsp cayenne pepper
  • ½tsp ground turmeric
  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 40g/1½oz butter
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 5cm/2in piece fresh root ginger
  • 1 tsp light brown soft sugar
  • 1 x 200g/7oz can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 lime
  • 1 x 400ml/14fl oz can of coconut milk
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 x 225g/8oz pieces red snapper
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 350g/12 oz basmati rice
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 4 cloves
  • 4 green cardamom
  • 5cm/2in piece cinnamon
  • bay leaf
  • 600ml/1 pint boiling water
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 225g/8oz plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 40g/1½oz chilled butter
  • or ghee for cooking vegetable oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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