"Curry On Up":
🐟 curry-rubbed salmon
I love curry! 🥘 And I love using curry power in my food. It's easy to implement to recipes and offers a taste that can't really be replaced with other things. This time I wanted to see how it translated to a fresh salmon recipe. It did! And well! 👏🏾
This recipe isn't only great because it's delicious, but because the road to getting there is short and easy. As you know by now, I'm not a cooking lover per se. I mean, I call myself NAHyesha Curry and all (and wow, how fitting is her name for this recipe, right?! 🤯). It only calls for 5 ingredients (and easy to get ingredients) including the salmon and is "whip it all up and slap it on" style - my fav. As for recipe itself, the sugar offsets the curry to give it a unique flavor.
(*sidenote: also a reminder/repost from a previous lesson about brown sugar: "Brown sugar does have more nutrients than white refined, but it is not MUCH healthier. The amount of calories is about the same and the carb/sugar count is similar so you're not really dodging any bullets just because it's "brown". Because it is still sugar!")
Still, you're only using 1 teaspoon for the whole thing so no biggie. Just get in the habit of not eating a lot of sugar period. You can even try recipes like this with less sugar than listed to see if it suffices. Other than that, let me know what you think! And I'm also reposting the benefits of salmon below. 👌🏾
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Benefits of and notes about salmon repost:
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Salmon is one of the best sources of protein when it comes to healthy eating - as far as I'm concerned anyway ;) Not only does it help reduce the risk of heart disease and aid in weight control, but it's also high in a whole bunch of good nutrients that do the body good. Including: omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B, potassium, selenium, and antioxidants.
And better yet, it's easy to get. Just about every sit down restaurant offers it as its fish menu option - and you can get it from the fish market and/or grocery store for a relatively decent price. Not as financially easy as chicken, but it's a great add in.
One specific thing to consider is choosing wild caught salmon over farm raised salmon. There has been some research that claims farm raised salmon has pollutants in it, but it doesn't seem to be overwhelming. Still, safer than sorry is always the way to go and it's my duty to spread the word - good or bad. I mostly only eat wild caught - and would only do otherwise if it was offered somewhere without me knowing. Just saying I wouldn't refuse it and farm raised salmon is healthier than a ribeye steak.
Ingredients (2-3 servings)
salmon filet - 1 - 1.5 pounds
curry powder - 1 teaspoon
sugar - 1 teaspoon
crushed pepper - 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon
lime juice - 1 teaspoon
*see note 2 below about adding salt
cooking spray
*note 1: there are photos of these ingredients on a spoon (you know, for perspective) at the bottom of this email if needed. As well as photos of what the entire process looks like. Check them out.
*note 2: For the first time, I decided to forego salt and olive oil altogether to see just how much it affected the recipe. It was still really good! Coincidentally, while my fiance usually likes his food saltier than me, he thought it was perfect - while I thought it could use a tiny tiny bit of salt 🤷🏾♀️ So with that being said, you can add a little salt if you want. I do suggest you try without it first. You have to train your tongue not to need a ton of salty flavors and the only way to do that is to eat less salt!
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Apply aluminum foil to an oven safe pan. Spray with cooking spray.
3. Remove salmon and clean. Pat dry. Add to pan.
4. Stir curry powder, sugar, crushed pepper and lime juice together. Pour the glaze over the salmon. Rub in evenly.
5. Cook the salmon in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven.
*This depends on how you like your salmon, he thickness of the salmon, AND your oven. I like my salmon medium rare so I cook it on the low end. If you want it well done, start at 20 and pop it back in for a few mins if it seems too rare for you.
6. Serve. Goes great over any wheat grain. As for veggies, I usually love corn with salmon, but because this already has added sugar in it (and believe it or not, corn packs a lot of sugar), I'd opt for a more savory option - something green 🌱
