Saturday, 30 July 2011

Mackerel with ginger and lime soup

Ingredients
8 mackerel fillets
2 inches of ginger
1 white onion
1 red onion
2 sweet potatoes
3 big cloves of garlic
lots of birds eye red chilies (I used about 10)
Handful of salt (about 2 tbsp)
1 lime

Chop fish and add to a pressure cooker
Chop all ingredients roughly  and add to pressure cooker
Add enough water that its well covered and veg starts to float

Cook on high pressure for about 1 hour (I put it on a big gas ring on full until the steam comes out, then transfer to the smallest ring on lowest setting for remainder of time)

Blend resulting mixture and taste - season as needed
Add juice of one lime - stir in and serve

You could add cream to this but I don't think it needs it. I don't blend this too much either as I like finding bits of ginger in the mix. It does have a bit of a lumpy fish consistency though so if you don't like that, blend until smooth.

This is not a low carb soup but is pretty healthy given theres just basically fish, veg and water - no oil, no butter, no cream...

This makes loads - full pots worth!

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