Fish curry

When I worked at the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane we had a lovable bunch of Bangladeshi kitchen porters. Every day they’d make themselves a different curry for their staff meal. They would ask us to take them to the dry stores, where they’d mix their own spices, and we’d then give them chicken, meat, fish or vegetables.

They weren’t interested in Dover sole or luxury fish and their favourite piece of fish was the head, which they added to a delicious curry that I remember to this d