Name: Roasted duck, bhel puri salad and coconut relish
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 duck breasts; 20 (or use dried) fresh curry leaves; 200g dry bhel puri mix; 1 pomegranate seeded; 20 mint leaves roughly chopped; 2 tbsp of roughly chopped coriander; 2 limes juiced; 4 plum tomatoes finely diced; 1 red onion peeled and finely diced; 2-3 red bird’s eye chillies seeded and finely chopped; 2 tbsp Indian date or mango chutney; ½ coconut grated (buy ready-shelled for speed if you like); 5 tbsp natural yoghurt; 2 tbsp coriander roughly chopped

4 duck breasts

BHEL PURI

20 (or use dried) fresh curry leaves
200g dry bhel puri mix
1 pomegranate
seeded
20 mint leaves
roughly chopped
2 tbsp of roughly chopped coriander
2 limes
juiced
4 plum tomatoes
finely diced
1 red onion
peeled and finely diced
2-3 red bird’s eye chillies
seeded and finely chopped
2 tbsp Indian date or mango chutney

COCONUT RELISH

½ coconut
grated (buy ready-shelled for speed if you like)
5 tbsp natural yoghurt
2 tbsp coriander
roughly chopped

Method

step 1
To make the relish, toast the coconut in a large dry frying pan until golden. Cool and mix with the yoghurt and coriander.
step 2
Heat a shallow pool of vegetable oil in a frying pan, tip in the curry leaves and let them sizzle and fry for about 30 seconds until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
step 3
To cook the duck, heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the duck breasts fat-side down in a hot pan, turn down the heat and cook until the fat is golden and crisp, then flip them over and briefly colour on the flesh side. Transfer to the oven and give them about 8-10 minutes depending on size. Leave to rest in a warm place for 5 minutes.
step 4
Assemble the bhel puri just before serving. Put the dry mix in a large bowl then add all the other ingredients (including the curry leaves). Mix well and leave to stand for a couple of minutes. Serve the bhel puri with the duck and coconut relish.