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Aisling Larkin's tikka salmon with a creamy cucumber & radish salad with jewelled rice

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Aisling Larkin's tikka salmon with a creamy cucumber & radish salad with jewelled rice

Ingredients

Tikka Salmon:

  • 4 fillets of salmon ( 500g )
  • 200g coconut yoghurt
  • 60g tikka paste


Creamy Cucumber Salad:

  • 1 large cucumber ( 400g )
  • 150g radishes
  • 1 red onion
  • 200g sour cream
  • 1 small tsp dried dill
  • 20g fresh mint
  • 150g samphire
  • Optional: 1 avocado
  • Salt and pepper


Jewelled Rice:

  • 200g cooked coconut rice
  • 200g cooked wholegrain rice
  • 1 pomegranate (deseeded)
  • Handfuls fresh coriander

Method

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees fan or heat up the BBQ.

Tikka Salmon:
1. Soak the skewers in warm water for 15 minutes.
2. Line an oven tray with tinfoil.
3. Combine the yogurt and tikka paste together in a bowl.
4. Skin the salmon fillets and cut each fillet in to 4 chunks.
5. Roll in the marinade and pop the salmon chunks on to the skewers.
6. Lay on the tinfoil and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.

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Creamy Cucumber Salad:
1. Peel the cucumber and thinly slice.
2. Thinly slice the radish and red onion.
3. Shred the fresh mint and dice the samphire.
4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl, season well, sprinkle in the dried dill and stir in sour cream.
5. Allow to chill for a few minutes.
6. Allow the rice to cool, sprinkle in the pomegranate seeds and sprinkle in the chopped fresh coriander.

To Serve:
Remove the salmon from the oven and serve with the cool, creamy cucumber salad and the jewelled rice.