Name: Charred chilli salmon with cabbage salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 5-600g whole piece of salmon; 1 tsp sunflower oil; cooked basmati rice to serve (optional); thumb-sized piece of ginger peeled and grated; 3 garlic cloves grated; ½ green chilli finely chopped; ½ lemon juiced; 1 tsp garam marsala; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp tomato purée; 2 tbsp natural yogurt; 400g white cabbage sliced; 1 red onion finely sliced; 1 green chilli finely sliced; ½ lemon juiced, plus a few slices to serve; ½ cucumber peeled, halved, deseeded and sliced; handful of coriander leaves picked and roughly chopped

One whole charred chilli salmon served with cabbage salad

5-600g whole piece of salmon
1 tsp sunflower oil
cooked basmati rice
to serve (optional)

For the marinade

thumb-sized piece of ginger
peeled and grated
3 garlic cloves
grated
½ green chilli
finely chopped
½ lemon
juiced
1 tsp garam marsala
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp tomato purée
2 tbsp natural yogurt

For the salad

400g white cabbage
sliced
1 red onion
finely sliced
1 green chilli
finely sliced
½ lemon
juiced, plus a few slices to serve
½ cucumber
peeled, halved, deseeded and sliced
handful of coriander
leaves picked and roughly chopped

Method

step 1
First, make the marinade. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Lay the salmon, skin-side down, in a large container, then pour on the marinade and turn the fish to fully coat it. Cover and chill for at least 1 hr, or up to 12 hrs.
step 2
Heat the oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9, or as high as it will go. Line the base of a sturdy, shallow roasting tin with baking parchment, then drizzle over the oil. Lay the marinated salmon skin-side down on the parchment and roast for 25-30 mins until the outside is lightly charred and the inside is just cooked. Meanwhile, for the salad, tip the cabbage, red onion and chilli into a bowl, sprinkle with sea salt and scrunch the veg with your hands to work in the salt. Stir in the lemon juice and set aside while the salmon is roasting.
step 3
Just before serving, stir the cucumber slices and coriander into the cabbage salad. Bring the whole salmon to the table with a few lemon slices on top to serve, then carve and plate up with the salad and rice on the side, if you like.