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Kiran Surati

Salmon in Mustard sauce

Updated: Apr 15, 2022

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Salmon in Mustard Sauce is a type of spicy salmon curry preparation with a mustard-based sauce. This curry stew is truly a hearty and comfy soulful one pot recipe. First, I use salmon with turmeric powder, garlic paste and salt for marinating. Then drizzle it with a bit of cooked mustard oil and brush it all over. Finally, I grilled it nicely, then pour the prepared mustard sauce, which is cooked separately, over the grilled salmon. Then the wonderfully tender flavored salmon absorb the sauce (gravy) flavor and comes out incredibly. Serve with piping hot steamed basmati rice or any kind of flatbreads or breads.


Here I have prepared a separate mustard sauce, but grilled salmon can be dipped in the sauce because the salmon absorbs the taste of the sauce nicely.


Nevertheless, the color and texture of the dish will amaze you, and the taste is unforgettable, completely lick your fingers and such a delectable recipe as you have ever prepared. One pot recipe can adjust the spice levels according to your heat preferences.


Ever since I started eating fish, which is Rohu “Indian Carb”. I always ate it cooked in mustard oil. So Rohu fish will not be found in Poland. So, we started eating Salmon because Salmon is not available in India. I cook Salmon in the same way as I cook in my mom’s home (India).


How to cook the mustard oil and why?

Mustard oil is one of the healthy cooking oils and goes remarkably well with Indian cuisine.

Take a pan, add mustard oil, and heat it until you can clearly see the smoke or fumes coming from the oil. Then turn off the flame and keep aside to cool at room temperature. Now you can use it like regular oil for direct use in food. (Cook like normal cooking but keep cooking until it starts to smoke)

Never cook food directly in mustard oil, as mustard oil itself has a very strong smell and pungent taste. Therefore, before adding anything (vegetable or non-vegetable) it needs to be cooked well until it starts to smoke. Mustard oil is raw oil, that is why it’s called "Kachi Ghani tel" in Hindi. It has several benefits.


Let’s jump to the recipe,


Yield – 1 serving

Timing – 20 minutes

Prep time – 45 minutes

Total- 1 hours 5 minutes


Grilled Salmon:

Salmon- 200gm, fresh

Garlic- 2 cloves, large, paste

Turmeric powder- ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Mustard oil- 2 tbsp, cooked


Paste Ingredients:

Mustard seeds- 1.5 tbsp

Coriander powder- 3 tbsp

Garlic- 2 cloves, large

Dried red chili- 5 pcs.

Water required for paste


Curry (sauce) Ingredients:

Salmon- 200gm, grilled

Mustard oil- 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds- ½ tsp

Cumin seeds- ½ tsp

Prepared paste

Turmeric powder- 1 tsp

Red chili powder- 1 tsp

Cumin powder- 1 tsp

Black pepper powder- ½ tsp

Tomatoes- 1 small, diced

Salt to taste

Water as required

Chopped cilantro leaves for garnish



Method-

Grilled Salmon

Preheat oven for 5 minutes to 180℃.

Thoroughly clean and wash the piece of salmon fish. Drain excess water, set aside.

Place a mixing bowl for marination. Add garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt as per your taste and brush on washed salmon. Drizzle some cooked mustard oil. Keep it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.



In a preheated oven grill the marinated salmon for 25 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the mustard sauce (curry).


Place the grinding jar, add the mustard seeds, coriander powder, dried red chilies, garlic and add about 1/3 cup of water to it. Make a smooth paste, set aside.


Sauce (curry) method

Heat a wok with mustard oil. Cook the oil until it starts to smoke. Now, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, let them splutter. Now pour in the prepared paste and mix well. Sauté until masala (paste) begins to separate the oil. Further, add turmeric powder, red chili powder, black pepper powder, cumin powder and salt as required.


Then add diced tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes are tender. Finally, add water as you want the sauce quantity. Cook until desired consistency of sauce (curry) is obtained. At last, add the chopped cilantro leaves, mix well, and serve with piping hot basmati rice or roti.


Note- Instead of grilling salmon you can deep-fry or shallow-fry in mustard oil. Must cook the Mustard oil well.

Storage- Everybody says, non-veg tastes more delicious the next day. As it absorbs all the flavor of sauce (curry). Store in refrigerator for 3-4 days.


 










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