Try this Citrus Baked Salmon with Teff Date Tabouli the next time you're looking for a fast, feel-good dinner. Perfect for those cooler evenings that call for something warm but fresh. 

Teff is a highly nutritious substitute for couscous in this tabouli, with the supergrain providing a decent dose of protein, fibre, iron, magnesium, and calcium. And its slight nutty flavour marries perfectly with the dates.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 fillets of salmon or ocean trout around 200 g each

Citrus glaze

• Juice of 6 oranges and 2 lemon
• 2 star anise
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 stick of cinnamon
• 5 tbsp coconut sugar

Teff and date tabouli

• 150g ivory teff grain
• 150g brown teff grain
• 3 roma tomatoes medium size
• 1 Spanish onion small size
• 100 g parsley
• 8 leaves mint
• 5 dates
• 2 tbsp dried cranberries
• 1 lemon
• olive oil, salt, and pepper
• 1 pinch of ground all spices
• 1 pinch 5 spices mix

Labne

• 200g thick yogurt
• 1 tblsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 pinch salt and pepper
• 1 pinch of zaatar
• 1 pinch of dried mint

 

METHOD

1. Pre heat the over at 200 degrees celsius

2. Put all the citrus glaze ingredients together in a pot and cook on a medium heat and reduce down to a quarter

3. Cool glaze down and filter

4. In a pot put a spoon of olive oil and fry the teff grain for around 1 minute

5. Add 1.5 parts of water & cook for around 8 minutes

6. Remove from the stove and rest for another 10 minutes to let the teff let cool down

7. Roast the salmon in the pre-heated oven for around 7 mins or as to your preference

8. Cut the tomatoes in quarter remove the inside and then dice it

9. Dice the onions, chop the parsley , mint , dates and cranberries and put in a bowl

10. Mix the teff with all of the above tabouli  ingredients together and dress with lemon juice, olive oil , salt and pepper

11. Meanwhile, mix all the labne ingredients together and set aside

12. Plate up all ingredients and enjoy.

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