Located in the heart of Cape Town, GOLD Restaurant opens its arms to local and international guests every day for a full dinner menu which features the full African food journey through southern and central Africa. Add to this a healthy dose of Cape Malay cuisine and you have the freshest, most interestingly African menu in Cape Town.
“Cape Malay” is the collective term for people who were shipped to the Cape as slaves from various parts of South East Asia including Malaysia. They brought with them their culture, traditions, recipes and spices. While not quite as red-hot as Indian curries this delicately spiced Cape Malay seafood curry has a rich complexity of flavours to suit multiple tastes.
Cape Malay Seafood Curry Recipe
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation: 40 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
t = teaspoon
T = tablespoon
600 g skinless, boneless, filleted fish
16 large prawns
250 ml fish stock
30 ml vegetable oil
1 medium onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
20 g (small knob) ginger, peeled and crushed
15 ml (1 T) roasted masala
5 ml (1 t) turmeric
½ X 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
½ X 400 g tin coconut cream
Salt and milled black pepper
Method
1. De-shell and de-vein the prawns. Add the prawn shells to the stock and heat in a saucepan until simmering. Remove from the heat.
2. Cut the fish into 3X3 cm pieces. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
3. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion until golden.
4. Stir in the garlic, ginger, masala and turmeric.
5. Add the tomatoes, stock and potatoes and stir. Cover and simmer gently for approximately 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked.
6. Stir in the coconut cream.
7. Add the fish and prawns to the sauce and stir. Cover and simmer gently for approximately 10 minutes until the fish is just cooked through. Do not overcook the fish.
8. Serve with white rice.
Tip: Try and source a firm white fish such as kingklip.
Directions to GOLD Restaurant
15 Bennett Street
Cape Town
8005
021 421 4653
