Indian Spice-Crusted Fish
Ben O'DonoghueIngredients:
Serve 4
- 4 thick King salmon or Atlantic salmon
- Vegetable oil
- Lime wedges
Marinade
- 2 pinches of salt
- 2 teaspoons chilli powder
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons garlic paste
- 2 teaspoons ginger paste
Crust
- 180g white split peas (urad dal)
- 1 tablespoon yellow split peas (chana dal)
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes
- 20 freshly dried curry leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped
- coriander leaves
Method:
- Place all the marinade ingredients in a food processor and purée.
- Rub the fish fillets with the marinade.
- Toast the crust ingredients, except the curry leaves and coriander, in a pan until the split peas turn golden and the spices release their aromas. Leave to cool, then pound in a mortar until you have a fine crumb. Crumble in the curry leaves and chopped coriander.
- Roll the fish in the crust mixture.
Prepare your barbecue for direct grilling over a medium–high heat.
Add vegetable oil and cook the fish for 4–5 minutes on one side,
then turn and cook for 3–4 minutes on the other. - Serve with lime wedges.
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