Ginger and Garlic Mussels with Lime Leaves

Name: Ginger and Garlic Mussels with Lime Leaves
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: small bunch fresh coriander/cilantro, roughly chopped; zest and juice of 1 lime; 2 cubes frozen crushed garlic or 6 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 cubes frozen crushed ginger or 2 thumb-sized pieces fresh ginger, peeled and grated; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 fat green chilli, sliced; 1½ kg/3 lbs 5 oz fresh mussels, cleaned and beards removed; 4 kaffir lime leaves; 400 ml/14 fl oz canned coconut milk; 1 small onion, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

30 Minute Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2021

About

Good mussels don’t need many ingredients to make them sing. Instead of the knee-jerk response of cooking them in white wine, these Thai flavours ask a very different question. I love them.

Ingredients

2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cubes frozen

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, ginger and sliced chilli and cook for 4 minutes, stirring continuously, until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the ground turmeric, mussels, lime leaves and coconut milk and give the pan a careful shake to combine. Cover with a lid and leave to cook for 5–6 minutes, until the mussels have s