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Fried salmon steak served on banana leaf with salad and lime slices
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Kerala style Pan Fried Salmon

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Kerala

Ingredients

  • Salmon steaks – 4
  • Vegetable oil/coconut oil – for shallow frying
  • Salt – to season

South Indian spice marinade

  • Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Freshly milled black pepper – 1 tsp
  • Ginger – 1 inch piece
  • Garlic cloves – 2 large
  • Shallots/small onion – 2
  • Juice of half a lemon

Instructions

  • Clean, wash and pat dry the salmon steaks.
  • Season the steak pieces with salt.
  • Prepare the marinade by blending together all the ingredients given in the list. Adjust the amount of chilli depending on your palate for heat.
  • Rub this marinade onto the steaks making sure all sides are coated well.
  • Refrigerate as long as you can (I did it overnight) to let the flavours seep through the fish.
  • Shallow fry in oil.
  • Serve hot with vegetable salad and lemon wedges.