Grilled Salmon with pan charred broccoli and aubergines

What the Fish | Grilled Salmon + pan charred broccoli + aubergines Recipe!!

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Grilled Salmon with pan charred broccoli and auberginesGrilled Salmon with GArlic MayonisseA very happy new year to all my friends.There is no better time of the year than new year when you can cook and celebrate with kith and kin.As to justify my title which i always do “What the Fish” well point no one it’s about fish and why is it used colloquially will be revealed in my next few lines.

When my lil sissy (my sister) was about to arrive then my mom was admitted in the hospital cause she refused to come out (mom had to be induced :-)) So a normal pregnancy saga of labor pains and hurried deliveries and instant cry was ruled out.So when my mother took two days to convince our lil sister to come out I was left at the mercy of my grandma.If in those eras they would have taken a Guinness book of record for naughtiest kid then i would have topped their list.Well one day i had troubled my grandma to hell and that’s when she had cooked fish curry for me.But with the whole day events i think i had pissed her enough that she hadn’t properly gutted the fish and that left a bitter taste to the whole fish.(Yah Yah Yah in those days fishes were cleaned,scaled and gutted and skinned by ladies at home and we didn’t have the sophistication of these super markets selling fish fillets).She didn’t realize it and kept feeding me with intermittent scoldings and stories.I went on balking at the taste of it and that’s when i swore I will never eat fish again.So how did my fish dish happen…..so my romance with fish started when i fell in love with my husband.My husband is from a region where fish is their staple diet (bordering Goa who doesn’t know goa….)

Here is the 11th commandment shared to me by my mom “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”.On that note its been a never ending experiment with fish and its flavors.

Fresh Salmon Fillets

Ingredients for Grilled Salmon with pan charred broccoli and aubergines:

  • 2 Fillets of Salmon
  • 1 small tender broccoli – cut into small florets
  • 1 tender medium-sized Aubergine – cut into circles
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tsp Chilly powder
  • 1 Lemon’s juice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • Garlic mayonnaise (optional)

Preparation method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
  2. Marinate the fish fillets with freshly ground pepper (the more the better) , one juice of a lemon and salt to taste for 30 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, for the veggies, add 1 tbsp of olive oil in the saucepan over medium heat.Toss in the broccoli with salt to taste.Then  char it slightly over high heat.
  4. For the aubergines add 1 tbsp of olive oil in the frying pan over a medium heat and then lay the aubergines flat. Sprinkle chilly powder and salt over them and char it gently on both the sides.
  5. Prepare the grill pan by spraying a lil bit of olive oil and lay the fish fillets with skin on top first.
  6. Grill the skin side for 5 minutes, then flip it over and grill it for 3 minutes.All the pink should be gone and fish should be white and firm in texture.
  7. Now for the plating gather the broccoli and aubergines portions at one end and lay the fish beside them and serve garlic mayonnaise as an accompaniment. I use it more for the food styling purpose.
  8. Time to get fishy and tell me which part of the heart did it touch.

2 Comments

  1. Though you don’t eat the fish , you certainly cook it so well…you certainly following the correct path to heart…

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