Great British Chefs and Alfred Prasad, Head Chef at the first Indian restaurant ever to win a Michelin star, the Tamarind in Mayfair, takes Decanter.com through his version of a BBQ. Tandoor grilled monkfish, stunning presentation, samphire tempkora to add crunch, a zingy pomegranate kachumber to add freshness all seasoned with a salty seawater foam. This is like no barbecue seen before.
Tandoor grilled monkfish, pomegranate kachumber, samphire tempkora, ‘sea water’ foam
Chef: Alfred Prasad
Serves: 2
Cooking Time: 90 min
Course: Main
Skill level: Medium
Ingredients
Monkfish
- 400 g monkfish tail, cut into 100 g chunks
First marinade
- 10g ginger and garlic paste
- 1 lime, juice only
- sea salt, finely ground
Gram Flour Roux
- 10g gram flour
- 15ml vegetable oil
Second Marinade
- 40g ginger & garlic paste
- ¾ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp kasundi mustard paste
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ¾ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 green chilli, seeded, finely chopped
- ½ bunch fresh mint, chopped
- ½ bunch fresh coriander, leaves only, chopped
- 4 kaffir lime leaves, chopped fine
- 10 ml vegetable oil
For the kachumber:
- 100g pomegranate seeds
- ½ cucumber finely diced
- ½ red onion, finely diced
- 2 green chillies seeded, finely chopped
- 1 tomato, de-seeded, diced
- ½ bunch coriander stem, finely chopped
- Himalayan pink salt, finely ground
For the sea water foam:
- 1tbls olive oil
- 1 shallot, finely sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled, finely sliced
- 100ml white wine, dry
- 250g clams
- soy lecithin powder (1% of the liquid weight)
For the samphire tempkora:
- 100g samphire
- 150g plain flour
- 50g gram flour
- 50g corn flour
- 1 medium egg
- 250ml sparkling water, cold
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
Method:
- For the monkfish, prepare and portion the monkfish tail, marinate with ginger-garlic paste, juice of lime and sea salt and set aside in a colander, to drain
- For the gram flour roux, warm 10ml of vegetable oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Add 15g of gram flour, cook over gentle heat for 3 minutes and transfer to a plate to cool
- For the second marinade, in a mixing bowl, add the gram flour roux and all the ingredients of the second marinade; mix well. Add the pre-marinated monkfish and mix gently to coat well
- For the pomegranate kachumber, in a salad bowl, mix all the ingredients together and set aside
- For the seawater foam, heat the olive oil, sliced shallots and garlic in a small saucepan over a low-medium heat. Add the wine and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the clams, cover with a lid and simmer for a further 5 minutes, allowing the clam sot open and release all their natural juices
- Pass the contents of the pan through a fine strainer. Weigh the liquid to determine the quantity of lecithin* to use, transfer to a large bowl and allow to cool
- For the samphire tempkora, combine the egg and sparkling water and a mixing bowl. Add the other ingredients and mix well; strain through a fine sieve and leave refrigerated until use. Heat the vegetable oil to 180˚C in a small, deep saucepan for deep-frying. To prepare the tempkora, mix small batches of the samphire into the batter and scatter into the hot oil. Fry for 2 – 3 minutes and drain onto kitchen paper
- To serve, mount the monkfish on thin tandoor skewers and grill in a tandoor (or mount on bamboo skewers; suspend over a baking tray and grill in an oven) for 6-8 minutes or until the desired doneness. Portion the pomegranate kachumber onto serving plates; place the grilled monkfish on top and garnish with the samphire tempkora. Spoon over the prepared seawater foam on the plate and serve
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