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Kari Koko Pwason

Name: Kari Koko Pwason
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Seychelles
Ingredients: 500g White Fish Fillet; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Curry Powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 Lime; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White fish simmered in a mild coconut-milk curry — a Seychellois home fish curry.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kari koko pwason is one of the most-made curries in Seychellois homes: white fish is gently simmered in coconut milk with curry powder, turmeric, and ginger. A Creole dish blending spices brought by Indian immigrants with African and French techniques, it's served with rice and lentil soup.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dinner in a Seychellois home, yellow coconut fish curry is set out with white rice and lentil soup.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 500g
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Curry Powder 1 tbsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Lime 1/2
Salt 1 tsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the fish into bite-size pieces and sprinkle with salt and lime juice.
Heat oil in a pot, sauté the onion, garlic, and ginger, and add the curry powder and turmeric.
Add the chopped tomato, fry, and pour in the coconut milk.
Add the fish and simmer gently on low for 15 minutes without breaking it up.
Serve with rice.

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