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Indian spiced salmon

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Indian spiced salmon

Name: Indian spiced salmon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp tamarind paste; 1 large lime juiced; 1 tbsp soft light brown sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp hot chilli powder; 2 tsp ground turmeric; 2 garlic cloves grated to a purée; 2cm piece ginger peeled and grated to a purée; 4 salmon fillets 170-200g each; 2 tbsp groundnut oil or ghee; 2 dried Kashmiri chillies; rice lime wedges and chutney, to serve

Diana Henry

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 15 mins

plus marinating

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Spice up your salmon for an easy midweek meal with a bit of wow factor, or even for a casual dinner party. Indian spices and tamarind bring depth of flavour

Gluten-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp tamarind paste
1 large lime

juiced
1 tbsp soft light brown sugar
½ tsp salt
1 tsp hot chilli powder
2 tsp ground turmeric
2 garlic cloves

grated to a purée
2cm piece ginger

peeled and grated to a purée
4 salmon fillets

170-200g each
2 tbsp groundnut oil

or ghee
2 dried Kashmiri chillies
rice

lime wedges and chutney, to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal520
fat36g
saturates9g
carbs7g
sugars6g
fibre1g
protein41g
salt0.9g

Method

step 1

Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Mix the tamarind paste with the lime, sugar, salt, chilli powder, turmeric, garlic and ginger. Add enough water – you won’t need much – to make sufficient marinade to coat the four pieces of fish. Turn the salmon over in the marinade, making sure it gets well coated, cover and put in the fridge for 1 hr (or 30 mins is fine if you’re in a rush).
step 2

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the chillies. Fry over a medium heat for 30-40 secs, then add the salmon fillets. Brown the fillets on each side (including the skin), then transfer them to a roasting tin. Spoon some of the chilli oil from the pan over them. Bake in the oven for 12 mins, or until the fish is cooked right through to the centre (check with the tip of a knife). Serve with rice, lime wedges and an Indian chutney.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2017

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