I am using salmon a lot these days, because of the high Omega-3 content in this fish. Usually I bake it or make some spicy dry dish, something we both really enjoy. This time, I wanted to try it in this spicy gravy. This was inspired by a fish gravy I tasted at an Indian restaurant here 2 years ago. I have not seen this recently on their menu. We had a very satisfying lunch with rice and this gravy.
Ingredients:
1 big salmon fillet (about 18oz)
3/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 big tomatoes – blanched, peeled and pureed
1 tea spn ginger
1 tea spn garlic
1 tea spn chilli powder + 1/2 tea spn to spread on fish
2 tbl spns chopped coriander leaves
1 tea spn cumin seeds
Oil
Salt
Spice powder(Do not roast. Grind to a coarse powder):
1 tea spn coriander seeds
3 cloves
1″ cinnamon
Method:
Spread salt and chilli powder on salmon.
Heat tava and keep the spiced part down on tava. After 1-2min, turn upside down. Leave for 1 more minute. Turn again. Now slowly pull out the skin. Spread some more chilli powder and salt on this side. Let the fish get done from both sides. Take off heat and cut it into about 1X1 inch pieces.
Heat oil. Add cumin seeds. Add onion, ginger and garlic. Fry till they turn brownish. Add the tomato puree, spice powder and salt. Cook till the gravy thickens a bit.
Slowly slide the fish pieces into gravy. Let it cook for about 1-2mins. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice.
Serves :2
Preparation time : 30mins
Pictorial –
I love the color of the gravy Shilpa! We too fry Salmon before adding to the gravy when we make fish curry with Salmon. I just can’t find good salmon here these days for some reason 🙁
Great idea to remove the skin like that… first time I’ve seen that done!
What a beautiful color, looks delicious. love Salmon.
Lovely… i also just love Salmon… And cook it at least once a week. I have stocked cans of these. My absolute fav
Hi Shilpa, I had heard that lot of the omega 3s are in the layer really close and just below the skin. So apparently it is better to not peel the skin. However I have never made salmon. And that skin does look thick and daunting. Have you ever tried not removing the skin? Does it become chewy?
It looks very chewy and not appetizing for me. What I was told was, when you cook the fish with skin and then remove the skin like I have done here, the omega 3 is absorbed by the fish fillet due to heat. So, I don’t remove the skin before cooking. This was a suggestion I got at the fish counter here when I asked them to remove the skin. Also, I don’t think you can cut the fish into pieces along with skin after it is cooked, it may fall apart easily.
That’s very informative. Thanks for your feedback. Its nice to get input without actually doing trial and error myself! 🙂 Happy cooking!
this looks super delicious…nice color too !!
that sounds like a great new recipe incorporating salmon. btw did you know that the wild alaskan(sockeye) salmon is the best one. Atlantic salmon is not the same nutritionally as the alaskan kind
It is so lovable & adorable….. The color is like magic…..
Ash…
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
hi
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we love salmon. i haven’t made salmon garvy. will try this one
real nice recipe!!
will you please tell me what is the name salmon fish in Tamil,It is salai fish or other
Sorry, I don’t know.
It looks amazing and yummy Shilpa. Great work..
I tried this recipe twice, It came out so good my daughter could not stop licking her fingers :). I think this recipe can be tried with Surmai too.
pLEASE TELL ME THE OTHER NAME OF SALMON IN TAMIL AND OTHER LANGUAGE
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.