… Coconut Rice & Miso Greens
I think I’ve lost my fifteen minute mojo!
This is the fourth meal in a row that has taken more than fifteen minutes. After last night I was really keen to get back in under the fifteen minute mark. But I didn’t.
I did this meal for lunch. I am going out for a Greek meal tonight. Lisa’s who I work with, and came over for the Glazed Pork Fillet on Thursday night, also owns a café that turns into a Greek restaurant on a Friday and Saturday Night. I’m off for a meal with some work colleagues.
As I have said, I think I really need to get on with some of the fish dishes. So I chose this one. Salmon isn’t the most adventurous, but it’s a start.
This recipe calls for 2 green tea bags. When I read the name of the meal I thought that the tea bags would be put in water and used to infuse something. There not. You “rip open” the tea bags rub the tea into the salmon with a bit of salt and pepper and then fry it.
I got off to a good start. The prep for the fish and the rice was done in short order. The Miso dressing was quick to make to.
There are quite a lot of ingredients here but it all went really pretty quickly. There was one little issue. The recipe calls for the use of a liquidizer. I didn’t not realize this until after I had bought all the ingredients. I still do not have a liquidizer. It’s on the list of things to buy but I don’t have one yet. I used the food processor instead. It worked ok, but it doesn’t chop things as finely as a liquidizer.
There was a lot to bring together at the end with this one. By half way, or so through, I thought I’d make the fifteen minutes. The fish was frying away nicely. The rice was simmering. The veg was in the water cooking away. The miso dressing was on the serving plate ready. Chilli, lime and coriander all chopped for the garnishes. I had nothing to do.
You use basmati rice. Not ten minute rice. Not the pre-cooked two minute rice. Normal basmati rice. When I cook normal rice, normally it takes me a little more than fifteen minutes. I was waiting for the rice to cook and the fish to cook though, or nearly through. Although it was all cooked in the fifteen minutes, just. It took a bit of time to present it all nicely.
Although I’m disappointed with the time, this was a very lovely meal. Delicate flavours. And it just felt fresh and nice. A very, very lovely lunch.
How much: £TBC.
How long: Sixteen minutes and twenty seconds.
Who with: Gavin.
