Seared red mullet with à la Grecque vegetables & basmati pilaf recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 4 red mullet about 300g each, ungutted, scaled (see step by step)
• 2large banana shallots or 4 smaller ones
• 2 fat garlic cloves
• 2 carrots
• 1 fennel bulb
• about olive oil
• good pinch saffron strands
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 bay leaf
• 250g cherry tomato halved
• 100ml balsamic vinegar
• large handful fresh coriander roughly chopped
• 250g basmati rice
• 1 orange grated zest
• 1 lemon grated zest
• 1 lime grated zest
• 1 tsp fenugreek seed crushed
• ½ tsp coriander seeds crushed
• ½ tsp fennel seeds crushed
• 2 cardamom pods crushed
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 star anise
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion sliced
• 150ml dry white wine
• 450ml fish stock (made with the bones or use a good-quality ready made stock)