Sweet-and-Sour Shells with Turmeric

Name: Sweet-and-Sour Shells with Turmeric
Ingredients: 3 cloves garlic; 3 ½ ounces fresh ginger, peeled; 1 ounce turmeric root, peeled; 2 makrut lime leaves, veins removed; 2 lemongrass stalks, the inner part finely chopped; 3 tbsp. sunflower oil; 1 tbsp. tomato paste; 3 ⅓ cups fish stock; 1 fresh red chili, (seeded if desired); 2 tbsp. thai fish sauce; 1 tbsp. sugar; juice of 1 lime; 3 green onions, thinly sliced; 1 bunch of cilantro, finely chopped; 1 lime, cut into 4 to 6 wedges

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Soup

By Joris Bijdendijk and Samuel Levie

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic
3 ½ ounces fresh ginger, peeled
1 oun

Fish course
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

With a microplane, grate the garlic, ginger, and turmeric. Sauté these along with the lime leaves and lemongrass in a large pan with sunflower oil. Add the tomato paste and sauté for a moment. Add the fish stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Rinse the cockles under cold running water and discard those with broken shells. Put the cockles in the pan and put the lid on. Simmer for a few minutes so th