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#WFD – Garlic and Herb Hake Fillets with Lentils and Rice

Replace rice with wild or brown rice for a more nutritious alternative

POLOKWANE – When it comes to fish dishes, adding the right seasoning is important for a delicious dish.

Garlic and lemon are the perfect combination for fish and are a popular pair in most dishes.

Ingredients

  1. 4 large hake fillets (free from skin and bones)
  2. 150ml cake flour
  3. 1 x KNORR Creamy Garlic and Herb Potato Bake
  4. 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  5. oil (for frying)
  6. 250g button mushrooms, sliced
  7. 1 clove garlic, crushed
  8. 50g chives, finely chopped
  9. 2 cups rice, boiled and drained
  10. 1 tin lentils, drained
  11. 15ml basil pesto

Method

  1. Heat oil in a deep frying pan or pot.
  2. In a bowl mix together the cake flour and the contents of the sachet of KNORR
  3. Garlic and Herb Potato Bake.
  4. Dip the hake into the egg first and then into the flour mixture and repeat.
  5. Lightly fry the hake until the crust is a light golden brown.
  6. Remove hake from oil and allow to drain on paper towel.
  7. To prepare the rice sauté the mushrooms, garlic and chives in a pan until cooked then stir this together with the lentils and basil pesto into the cooked rice.
  8. Serve the hake with the rice, lemon wedges and a side salad.
  9. Replace rice with wild or brown rice for amore nutritious alternative

This recipe was provided by What’s for Dinner.

raeesak@nmgroup.co.za

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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