Fine Dining Indian Food Magazine April Issue 2 | Page 21
Three pepper
tandoori Halibut
Yield: 2 portions
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 20 min
Sajeev Nair
Executive Chef
One Michelin Star | Trishna
RAW PAPPAYA SAMPHIRE CHAAT
HALIBUT
5g Szechwan pepper 30g Ginger garlic
5g Telicherry pepper paste
5g Pink peppercorn 5g Salt
400g Halibut filleted 10g Lemon juice
80g Full fat soft 5g Garam masala
60g Raw papaya 15g mango ginger
25g crushed roasted 10g Green chilli
peanuts 15g Wild garlic
40g Samphire 15ml Fish sauce
4no. Heritage baby 20g Palm sugar
tomato 5g Salt
3g Red chilli flakes 10ml Olive oil
cheese
FOR HALIBUT
In a pan, dry roast all the three whole peppers and make a coarse powder. Cut the halibut in to equal
sizes of 100-110g each and apply lemon juice, salt and ginger garlic paste. Keep it aside for 1hour. In a
mixing bowl, add soft cheese, garam masala, mix well. Apply this mixture on the marinated halibut.
Skewer the halibut and cover it with the broiled mixed peppercorns evenly and cook it in pre heated
tandoor or oven. Maintain a temperature above 220C for about 5-7 minutes. Apply butter/ghee on
top. Serve it along with raw papaya and samphire chaat.
For Chaat
Heat the palm sugar and add mango ginger, wild garlic, chilli flakes, green chilli, fish sauce, salt and
olive oil. Cook for about 5 minutes. Cool the dressing and keep it aside. Mix the peeled and shredded
raw papaya, samphire, heritage baby tomatoes, crushed peanuts, the above dressing in mortar and
pestle; crush it until everything is mixed well. Serve it along with the halibut.
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