This is the recipe, or one variation of it, that I cook in france. It is mild and sort of comfort foodish. We have taken to making a big dish of this and wrapping it in tea towels and  carrying it up the mountain to the lake when we go for an early evening swim. (It is often too hot to be out in the sun until about 5 in the evening.)

Every time we do this we have a discussion about the myth of not being safe to swim for twenty minutes after eating. We were all told it as children, but I always suspected that it was because my Dad, liked a nap after food and didn’t want us to swim in case we needed saving.

If I am making this dish in London, I use a lot more chilli, and dark green fresh coriander from the Bengali shop on the corner, with creamed coconut and lime juice.

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