The wine was poured, the curry was almost ready and the rice resting, when I spotted a pack of trout fillets in my fridge. I had bought them for the bargain price of £1 earlier that day - but had totally forgotten them!
After initially cursing myself at the waste - I decided to give myself 10 minutes to turn them into something to go with dinner. (After all, they had to be used that day and couldn’t be frozen - I’d be as well trying!)
I remembered I had a courgette left in the bottom of the fridge from the week before… would it be a pile of mush in the bottom of the veggie bag? Huzzah, it was as green and crisp as the day I bought it.
So… I chopped the trout into bite sized pieces, then tossed them in a mix of garam masala and chilli powder - rubbing it in a bit for maximum flavour. I put them to one side while the courgette was effectively (if not neatly) neatly chopped into similarly sized chunks.
I heated a wee bit of ghee (or it …
