Method:

First, crush your garlic, ginger and chilli into a paste. In a pan, add a tbsp of vegetable oil (not olive oil, it doesn’t work with this recipe). Start by adding your onions and thyme, stir until the onions become translucent. Then add your garlic, your ginger and your chilli paste and stir again for a minute then add your turmeric and your tomatoes. Stir and let this lovely sauce simmer for 30 minutes, then add your fish chunks including the head (it gives flavour to the fish stew) and simmer for another 10 minutes, stirring after 5. That’s it. Before serving, remove the heads, then add some chopped fresh parsley. In Reunion, we tend to serve it with plain Basmati rice. Delicious! Et voilà!