Curry Paste for salmon tikka

Red Rua

Hi,

I wanted to make this recipe from Jamie Oliver for Salmon tikka
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish-recipes/quick-salmon-tikka-with-cucumber-yoghurt.

Patak’s tandoori curry paste is listed as an ingredient, I can't get this in my local supermarkets, would another paste work equally as well? I have Balti paste in my cupboard, there may have been tikka masala paste in the supermarket.[I don't fancy making my own!]

I understand tandoori should be 'drier' than other curries, so perhaps an alternative wont work as well?

glennryan

Hi, have you tried any Asian food supply stores. they are your best bet for a large variety of pataks pastes

Melendez

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huskerdu

I use a number of different Pataks pastes on a regular basis.

You could definitely substitute the Balti paste. It wont taste exactly the same,
but it sounds like it would be very nice anyway.

It wont look the same, as tandoori paste is very red, but you could
mix the Balti paste with some paprika if you like.

Darkginger

I would say the majority of Indian restaurants use Patak's pastes - they're kind of an industry standard - but if you can't get hold of them (I buy online, but then I cook a LOT of Indian food), you could substitute something like Tesco's Tandoori spice, mixed with a little oil - that should give you the right taste and colour.

Curry Addict

tandoori Salmon

2tbs plain yoghurt
1 egg yoke
2tbs cream
1tsp ginger paste
1tsp garlic paste
2tsp ajwain seeds
1tbs gramflour
1/4tsp white pepper
1/4tsp salt
1tsp chilli powder
1tsp lemon juice
1/2tsp turmeric
1tsp cumin powder

whisk all the ingredients together and marinade the salmon in it for at least 3 hours.
cook @ 200 or fan oven 180 for 10 mins. remove from the oven and baste with melted butter. return to the oven for 2 mins.

Red Rua

I found the paste in an Asian shop - thanks for the replies