Crisp Soft Shell Crab, Crab Salad And Tandoor Smoked Spicy Salmon Mousse

Ingredients

Ingredients For the kumquat chutney
  • 100g/3½oz kumquats, sliced

  • 30g/1oz palm sugar

  • 20ml white vinegar

  • ½ tsp cumin seeds, toasted

  • ½ tsp coriander seeds, toasted and crushed

  • 1 red chilli

  • 1 tsp melon seeds

  • 1 tsp salt

For the spicy plum chutney
  • 1kg/2¼lb red plums, stoned and roughly chopped

  • 300g/10½oz brown or palm sugar

  • 500ml/17fl oz red wine vinegar

  • 3 star anise

  • ½ tsp garam masala

  • 1 dried red chilli

  • ½ tsp crushed black peppercorns

  • 1 tsp salt

For the salmon marinade
  • 20 cloves garlic, peeled

  • small bunch coriander leaves

  • knob of fresh ginger, lightly crushed

  • 4-5 lime leaves

  • 1 tbsp grated lime zest

  • 2 tbsp lime juice

  • 1 tbsp red chilli powder

  • ½ tbsp garam masala

  • ½ tbsp salt

  • 50ml/2fl oz vegetable oil

  • 1 tbsp gram (chickpea) flour

  • 100g/3½oz plain yoghurt

  • knob of butter (optional)

For the salmon mousse
  • 400g/14oz salmon fillet with skin, cut into 4cm/1½in cubes

  • 2 tbsp melted butter, for basting

  • 2 tbsp single cream

  • 1 tbsp set plain yoghurt

  • 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves

  • 1 lime leaf, finely chopped

  • 1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger

  • 1 tsp lime juice

  • ¼ tsp garam masala

For the soft shell crab fritters
  • ½ tbsp ginger-garlic paste, from a jar (or cursh together fresh garlic and ginger to form a paste)

  • 1 tsp ground turmeric

  • 1 tsp ground coriander

  • ½ tsp red chilli powder

  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger

  • 1 tbsp lime juice

  • 2 tbsp rice flour

  • 4 small soft shell crabs

  • vegetable oil, for deep frying

For the crab salad
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil or coconut oil

  • 1½ tsp mustard seeds

  • 10 curry leaves, chopped

  • 1 tsp chopped fresh ginger

  • ½ tsp chopped green chilli

  • 100g/3½oz onion, chopped

  • 300g/10½oz white crabmeat, flaked

  • 1 tsp ground turmeric

  • ¾ tsp salt

  • 3 tbsp coconut milk

  • 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves

  • 1 tbsp freshly grated coconut or desiccated coconut (not sweetened)

To garnish
  • mustard cress

  • julienne of plums tossed in oil

Description

Recipe Uses 100g/3½oz Kumquats, Sliced , 30g/1oz Palm Sugar, 20ml White Vinegar, ½ Tsp Cumin Seeds, Toasted, ½ Tsp Coriander Seeds, Toasted And...

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