Saturday, March 27, 2010

Salmon Tikka with Cucumber Sauce

Ingredients:

2 naan breads and flatbreads
1 frsh red chile
1/2 cucumber
1 lemon
1/4 cup natural yogurt
sea salt and freshley ground black pepper
a few sprigs of fresh cilantro
1 X 7 ounce samon filet with skin, scaled and bones removed
1 heaped tablespoon tandoori
olive oil

Total Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Step 1: Preheat oven to 225 and place Naan Breads inside
Step 2: Peel and halve yoru cucumber lenthways and remove seeds with a spoon
Step 3: Roughly chop the cucumberput in a bowl and add lemon, salt, pepper, chile and yogurt
Step 4: Slice each salmon into 1/2 inch wide-slices
Step 5: Heat a large frying pan and add a log of olive oil
Step 6: Use a spoon and rub tandoori on salmon
Step 7: Add salmon to to frying pan and cook each side for 1 1/2 minutes
Step 8: Place a warm naan on each plate add salmon and top with cucumber yogurt




Review: This dish was a great alternative to chicken tikka. The tandoori sauce was a little salty.
Next time I would use less tandoori. However, with the yogurt sauce the saltiness of the tandoori sauce is masked.

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