Curried Mussels

La Mouclade

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

  • About

This popular dish is more like a soup, as are most mussel dishes, and is suitable to serve for lunch or as a first course.

Ingredients

  • 2 kg (4 lbs) mussels

Method

Scrub the mussels and remove their beards. Wash them well under cold running water, then drain.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan with a tight lid over a medium heat. De-seed and chop the chili peppers. Add the onions, garlic, carrot, ginger and chili peppers to the pan and turn them continuously with a wooden spoon until softened. When the onion has become translucent, add the flour and