Michael Van De Elzen’s Snapper With Tomato Kasundi & Roasted Red Capsicums

This sublime fish dish also includes a sweet homemade garlic aioli. Photo / Babiche Martens

I haven’t added a starch to this dish as many things would work, so I thought I’d leave it to you to decide. Think roasted baby potatoes, chickpeas, lentils, green beans, steamed rice or even fried naan or flatbreads. Curry leaves are available fresh and frozen from Indian and Asian supermarkets.

Snapper With Tomato Kasundi & Roasted Red Capsicums

Tomato Kasundi

Roasting garlic until it’s golden caramelises its natural sugars and brings out its amazing sweetness. This recipe is an aioli, not a mayonnaise. What’s the difference? Aioli has the addition of cooked potatoes, which gives it an extra thickness that’s perfect for vegetable dippers and even fries!

Sweet Garlic Aioli

Extracted from Good from Scratch by Michael Van de Elzen, photography by Babiche Martens (Allen & Unwin NZ, $49.99). Out now.