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Baked Salmon with tomatoes and herbs

Healthy Baked salmon

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
Keyword Healthy, Quick and Easy
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 750 g of thickly cut salmon fillets
  • 3 onions sliced into ribbons
  • 3 tomatoes chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves chopped
  • ½ birds eye chilli chopped
  • good handful each of coriander and parsley chopped
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon 7 spice
  • Juice of 1 small lemon
  • 2 tablespoon pomegranate molasses or tamarind

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C fan
  2. Season the salmon fillets with a sprinkle of black pepper and salt and place in an oven proof dish
  3. Bake the salmon fillets for about 10-15 minutes so they are slightly cooked but still underdone, take them out of the oven and set aside
  4. Sauté the onions in some regular olive oil until golden on medium heat, then add the garlic, chilli, coriander and lemon and sauté for another 5-10 minutes
  5. Add the chopped tomato and spices along with a good pinch of salt and cook for another 5-10 minutes so you have a saucy relish
  6. Add the lemon juice and pomegranate molasses and turn the heat off
  7. Taste the relish and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Spoon onto the half done salmon and return the whole dish into the oven for another 15 minutes at 180°C or so until the salmon is done
  8. Serve with rice making sure you spoon on some of that sauce