Here is Robbie Cheadle’s “Cape Malay Fish Curry” dish, cooking away in a pan.

For those who follow along regularly, you know that Robbie and I collaborated on a worldwide “culinary collaboration” recently: she made a dish that had cultural significance in South Africa, and I made a dish that was created in New York’s oldest restaurant!

Cape Malay Fish Curry!

Robbie made this dish, which has a rich history in her country. Here is some information I found on wikipedia about this group:

Malays are concentrated in the Cape Town area. The community played an important role in the history of Islam in South Africa, and its culinary culture is an integral part of South African cuisine. Malays helped to develop Afrikaans as a written language, initially using an Arabic script.

I was intrigued by the wide array of spices used in her recipe – let’s get cooking!

I lb fish – I used Cod, Robbie used Fluke

Olive oil for frying

2 medium onions, diced

Note: I added garlic as well because that’s what I do….now, onto the spices:

1 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 tablespoon garlic flakes

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala

Note: I used everything I had, except Cinnamon, which I don’t like at all

4 large potatoes, diced

2 cups uncooked rice (I used some leftover combo fried rice because I had it!)

1 teaspoon turmeric

1/2 cup green lentils (uncooked)

Method

Cook the lentils in 8 cups of salted water for 45 minutes until soft. Boil the potatoes until soft. Set aside. 

Cook the rice according to the instructions adding the turmeric and salt. Then my favorite part: slowly cooking the garlic and onion in olive oil, with salt and pepper.

Cut the fish into large pieces. Add the spices to the garlic and onions and stir in nicely. Add the fish and fry until cooked.

When the rice is cooked, stir in the fish and onion mixture, potatoes and lentils. Transfer the mixture to a prepared baking dish and add 1 cup of chicken stock.Bake in the oven, preheated 

Note: I simmered mine on the stove covered…here’s how it looked:

After twenty minutes, I plated the dish, added some chopped parsley for color and here’s how it turned out:

First of all, bravo Robbie, this dish is delicious! The mix of spices is exotic, very full of flavor, and blends together nicely…and the fish is meaty and holds up well to the spice.

I am a big fan of rice and the add-on of that, and diced potato, gave this a creaminess that also kept the spice in check…a great dish in every way!

Here’s a video of the entire cooking process:

Here is the original recipe from Robbie, and you can see it here:

As I said, Robbie and I decided to each cook a recipe from our corner of the world…she made the Cape Malay Fish Curry, and I made this dish:

This “Lobster Newberg” dish was created more than one hundred years ago in New York’s oldest restaurant….see the entire recipe here:

Delmonico’s is such a cool restaurant, and my wife and I had a great meal there and it included this moment:

You see, they also created Baked Alaska!

Click here to see what it is, and the history of this iconic dining establishment!

Thank you Robbie for taking part in this collaboration – I loved your dish!

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