Poached Salmon with Carrot and Ginger Puree, Sauteed Spring Beans and Roasted Potatoes

Long title. I know. This is what i made for dinner today. I actually wanted to cook this last week but things came up and had to do it today instead. So, I am back in KL and have settled into my little kitchen. So you can expect post and recipes to be more frequent ( fingers crossed!).

Poached Salmon with Carrot and Ginger Puree, Sauteed Spring Beans and Roasted Potatoes

So back to this plate of yummy-ness. Yes it does seem like a lot to do and I definitely think that this is better as a weekend project dinner than a weekday meal. Prep for this took about 15 mins.only but cook time took about an hour.

Ingredients
Carrot Puree
- 3 medium sized carrots
- small knob of ginger
- half an onion ( i used bombay, you can use any big onion)
- 1 clove of garlic
-1 bay leaf
- 1 orange ( juice and zest)
- oregano, salt and pepper to taste
- 1 - 1/2 cups water

Roasted Potatoes
- 2 small potatoes
- water for boiling
- salt
- vegetable oil ( not palm oil)
- pepper

Sauteed Spring Beans 
- About a handful pr spirng beans
- half an onion ( the other half goes with the carrots)
- 3 garlic cloves
- salt and pepper to taste

Poached Salmon
- 2 slices Salmon
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Water
- Paprika

Ok, let's breakdown the recipe. There are basically 4 parts to this dish: the salmon, carrot puree, spring beans and potatoes. And in terms of process, two parts. Prep and cook.

So, lets start with prep.

First the CARROTS...

Peel, wash, and chop carrots into small chunks. The smaller they are the faster they will cook and be blended. So go really small. Also chop up onions and garlic and ginger.

Spring beans..

Clean; meaning break of top and bottom bits and take out vein. Chop into 3cm length. Also Chop up onion and garlic. Set aside.


Potatoes..

Peal, cut into wedges and soak in water.

Salmon..
Clean, wash and set aside to dry.

Now for the cooking..

Carrot Puree..
In a medium size frying pan, pour a bit of olive oil ( about 1 TB), let it get hot then throw in the onions, stir. Don't let it get too brown. Add carrots, garlic and ginger and stir. Add orange juice and water, bay leaf, oregano, pepper and salt. Bring to boil and then lower flame. Let it simmer until the carrots are cooked and soft. ( about 10 mins).

At this point, you may need to add more water if the pan dries up fast. Just keep an eye on it.

Once its cooked, drain the carrots and keep the cooking liquid.in a separate bowl to cool down a little.

After about 5 mins, put carrot mixture into blender with a little cooking liquid at first and blend to desired consistency.

Roasted Potatoes
Put potatoes into a pot of water with some salt and bring to boil. Once the potatoes are par cooked ( half cooked) fish them out and discard water. You can use a knife or fork to test if its cooked.

Heat oven to 220C, Put potatoes into a baking tin, add about 2TB of vegetable oil, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat evenly and pop into over for about 20 mins or until it turns golden brown and crispy.

Sauteed Spring Beans
Heat a medium sized pan, pour into about 1 TB of vegetable oil, once hot, saute onions, then add garlic and spring beans. Stir, season and add a little water. Once done, dish into a bowl and set aside.

Poached Salmon
Sprinkle salmon with paprika, salt and pepper. Fill a medium sauce pan or pot with water. If you have let over cooking liquid from the carrot you can use that too. You will need about 3 cups of water in total, basically enough to cover both slices of fish.

Bring water to boil, then gently lower fish into boiling water. Let boil for no more than 4 mins. Once flesh changes color its done! Fish it out carefully. And now you are ready to plate up!