Sunday, March 20, 2011

Tandoori Salmon



This one is inspired and became favorite of mine, but added a few bits of my own. Enjoy this healthy version of cooking Salmon in an oven. Sea food lovers this one is for you!

Ingredients:

Salmon fillets - 4 (6 oz each and about 1 1/4"thick)

Set 1:

Yoghurt - 1/3 rd cup
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Dried Parsley - 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Cayenne Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1 tsp (freshly ground)

add this mixture in a glass bowl, mix well and keep aside.

Set 2:

Garam spice powder:

Cumin powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Fennel seeds (made into powder) - 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Clove powder - 1/4 tsp

mix everything well in a bowl, use 1 tsp of this mix and keep the rest in airtight container.

Other things we need:

Aluminum Foil

Proceed:

serves 4

1) Preheat oven to 400 d F.

2) Mix 1 tsp garam spice powder from Set 2 with the Set 1 set aside.

3) Coat Salmon pieces with the above spiced yoghurt mixture well and follow point 4.

4) Take 4 sheets of Aluminum foil, keep the marinated salmon in the middle on each foil, with marination distributed equally on all sheets, wrap and fold the foil like a parcel and keep on  a tray and bake for 15 mins or until the fillet flakes easily.

Serve with Salad and lemon slices.

Tip:

Once cooked gather the juices which came out in small container and serve.

Translation:

Fennel seeds = Sompu (in telugu)
Dried Parsley - you can find these in spice section at super markets.
Salmon (check this to know more about it)

© 2011 by Rajani Rayudu