Name: Salmon with Holy Basil in a Tamarind-Honey Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt; ½ teaspoon tamarind paste or concentrate; ½ cup finely chopped fresh holy basil or sweet basil leaves (see Tip); 2 tablespoons mustard oil or canola oil; 3 lengthwise slices fresh ginger (each 2½ inches long, 1 inch wide, and ⅛ inch thick), cut into matchstick-thin strips (julienne); ½ cup finely chopped scallions (green tops and white bulbs); 2 fresh green Thai, cayenne, or serrano chiles, stems removed, cut in half lengthwise (do not remove the seeds); ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 pound boneless, skinless salmon fillet

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

What happens when a prostitute falls in love with an iconic persona like Krishna, the reincarnation of Vishnu the Preserver? He is married and she really wants to be close to him, at least be able to see him, so he allows her entry into his courtyard, where she devotedly remains. (Yes, Bollywood even made a movie from that story: Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki [I Am the Basil Plant of Your Courtyard].) Thus the holy basil plant, tulsi (“the incomparable one”), became the representa