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Cari Poisson
Selina Periampillai’s cari poisson combines white fish with aubergine in a Mauritian tomato curry.
About Cari Poisson
Selina Periampillai’s cari poisson combines white fish with aubergine in a Mauritian tomato curry. The fish receives a light cornflour coating before frying, while the aubergine is fried separately.
Thyme, curry leaves and ginger-garlic paste flavour the onion base. Mauritian curry powder joins turmeric, cinnamon, cumin and coriander, giving the sauce its layered spice flavour.
The fried fish and aubergine settle into the sauce before serving. Fresh coriander and spring onions finish the dish, with basmati rice, faratas and pickles alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cari Poisson
Selina Periampillai’s Mauritian fish and aubergine curry.
- White fish filletsProtein
- AubergineBase
- OnionAromatic
- Ginger-garlic pasteAromatic
- Fresh thymeAromatic
- Curry leavesAromatic
- TomatoBase
- Mauritian curry powderSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Ground cuminSeasoning
- Ground corianderSeasoning
- Coriander leavesGarnish
- Spring onionsGarnish
- WaterLiquid
- Vegetable oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- CornflourBinder
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Prepared basmati riceAccompaniment
- Prepared faratasAccompaniment
- PicklesAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- White fish fillets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual275/280 whitefish, species unspecified; Fish.
- Aubergine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger-garlic paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual283 named prepared paste, full formula unprovided.
- Fresh thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual284 fresh option selected.
- Curry leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mauritian curry powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual287 original shop-available Mauritian blend, broader curry-powder candidate; full formula unknown.
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coriander leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Spring onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual cleaning302 and paste/sauce312–316.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual295 fish/aubergine and saucefry botanicaltype unknown.
- Cornflour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual296 British cornflour, broader cornstarch mapping.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual methods304/308/314.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual304/308 type/form unspecified.
- Prepared basmati rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual318 cooked rice, no full upstream formula.
- Prepared faratas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual318 conventional wheat flatbread, broader flatbread mapping; full formula unknown.
- Pickles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual318 pickles chosen over chutneys, vegetables/full formula unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Mauritius association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Mauritius
- MauritiusCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Mauritian Cuisine
- Mauritian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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