These are super tasty, especially with the quick pickled onions and some naan breads from the takeaway.
Wine Suggestion: Cline Cellar’s Sonoma Coast Viognier; a wonderfully fresh, stonefruit flavoured wine with a soft acidity. Rich and flavoursome to match the flavour depth of salmon and spices. This is dry with low residual sugar levels, however it has juicy, fruit flavours carrying the chilli and paprika well and complementing the ginger and lime.
Tandoori Fish Skewers – serves 8 (easily halved)
- 8 salmon fillets, skin removed (about 125g each)
- 2 large garlic cloves, grated
- 2.5 cm piece of ginger, grated
- juice of 1 lime
- 200g Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- veg oil for brushing
FOR THE QUICK PICKLED RED ONIONS:
- 2 small red onions
- 125ml water
- 125ml white white vinegar
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp sugar
TO SERVE:
- warm naan breads
- a handful of coriander leaves
- 1 long green chilli, finely sliced
- lime halves
- sweet chilli sauce
You can start the pickled onions about an hour ahead. Slice them finely and put into a bowl.
Put the water, wine vinegar, fennel and cumin seeds, salt and sugar into a small pan over a medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Pour this hot liquid over the onions and leave to cool, then cover the bowl and leave in the firdge.
Cut the salmon fillets into large chunks. Put into a bowl with the garlic, ginger and lime juice and mix well.
Put the yoghurt into a bowl, then mix in the spices and some seasoning. Add the spiced yoghurt to the salmon and mix gently, then leave to marinate in a cool place for about 20 minutes.
Thread the salmon onto skewers, brush the barbecue witha little veg oil, then cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until lightly charred.
Serve the skewers on warm naan breads with pickled red onions, coriander and green chilli sprinkled over. Serve with some lime for squeezing over and sweet chilli sauce (we served with our hot pepper jam).
(Original recipe from Outdoor Cooking by Tom Kerridge, Bloomsbury Absolute, 2021.)
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