Grilled Salmon with Thai Curry Sauce and Basmati Rice

prep time:: 1 hr

This is good, but ingredient intensive, and may want to prepare for a special occasion. Recommend that all ingredients be chopped, diced or sliced before you start cooking!!! And, would be fun to make with a group.

ingredients

For rice:
1 cup basmati rice
1 1/2 cups water
2 tblsp. unsalted butter
For sauce:
1 1/8 tsp. minced peeled fresh ginger
1 1/8 tsp. minced garlic
2 1/4 tsp. peanut oil
3/4 tsp. ground coriander seeds
1 1/2 tsp. curry powder
1 1/2 tsp Thai red curry paste (recommend that
you start with 1/2 tsp., then add up to 1 1/2
tsp. as you taste - this can be hot!!!
1 1/2 tsp. paprika
3/4 tsp. ground cumin
1 1/4 cup well-stirred unsweetened coconut milk
3 tblsp. tomato purée
1 tblsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tblsp. packed dark brown sugar
For Vegetables
3 cups finely shredded green cabbage
3/4 cup julienne strips of seeded peeled
cucumber. (Peel cucumber, cut in half, remove
center seeds, then cut very thin slices.
1/2 cup julienne strips of red pepper
3 tblsp. finely chopped fresh cilantro
3 tblsp. finely chopped mint
1 tblsp. soy sauce
3 tblsp rice vinegar
4 6 oz. pieces salmon fillet
olive oil for brushing salmon
1/4 cup roasted peanuts

directions

1
Make rice: Preheat oven to 400. In a saucepan with an ovenproof lid bring rice, water and butter to boil. Bake rice, covered, in middle of oven 12 minutes. Keep rice warm.
2
Make sauce: In a heavy saucepan sauté ginger and garlic in oil over moderately high heat, stirring, until golden (only a few seconds - be careful not to burn). Add cilantro, curry powder, curry paste, paprika, and cumin and sauté, stirring, 1 minute, or until fragrant. Whisk in coconut milk, tomato purée, soy sauce, and brown sugar and bring just to a boil. Remove pan from heat and keep warm.
3
Prepare vegetables: In a bowl, toss together all vegetable ingredients.
4
Prepare grill.
5
Brush salmon with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Grill salmon on an oiled rack set 5-6 inches over coals until just cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side. (could also broil this in over, but make sure to watch salmon so it doesn’t burn).
6
Put each fillet in center of 4 plates and top with vegetables. Spoon sauce around. Sprinkle vegetables with peanuts.