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    Home » Recipes » Main Course

    Grilled Salmon With Corn And Heirloom Tomato Salad

    July 8, 2013 by Kankana Saxena

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    Few weeks back, I joined the madness and shared my first instavideo after a long photo shoot. Once done, we sat for lunch and gobbled up what we prepared together (yes, it was one of those weekends). After a while, I checked my instafeed and turns out the video reached close to 700+ likes in like an hour (woot!) and a comment that said I reached the popular page. Wow, that’s something! Of course, I was excited and thrilled but what followed after that was horrible. There were a series of nasty, rude and mean comments. I just don’t understand what fun do people find in saying such awful stuffs! All that ‘yay, in popular page’ turned to ‘bleh, I hate it’. The next few hours, I kept deleting and blocking users. Yeah, I figured it’s pointless to react.

     

    I guess, this is how two sides of a coin work.

     

    Likewise, my still-no-rain hot sunny days have a fulfilling happy side to it. Summer produce and I cannot get enough of those in my diet.

     

    Heirloom Tomatoes | Playful Cooking

     

    A visit to the farmers market and we come back with bag loads of stone fruits, watermelons, berries, zucchini blossoms, mangoes, summer corns and lots of heirloom tomatoes. It can be overwhelming at times with such different varieties of summer produce. These tiny heirloom tomatoes that we bought last time were not only cute as buttons but also sweet as candy. And for someone like me who enjoys photographing food, I find it very hard to not make a blog post out of it! Also, since the next day was Sunday and we planned to stay at home, grilled lunch happened effortlessly.

     

    Grilled Salmon with Grilled Corn, Heirloom Tomatoes Salad | Playful Cooking

     

    Go simple but go flavorful was the idea. Yogurt and spice marinated grilled salmon is always delicious but the star of the meal was the grilled corn salad with roasted tomatoes. And the gorgeous red chili oil vinaigrette added to the flavor magic. We poured some chilled beer, got some crusty bread on the side and relished the meal we prepared together. Aren’t weekends just so lovely!

     

    Grilled Corn and Heirloom Tomatoes Salad | Playful Cooking

     

    Chili Oil Lemon Vinaigrette | Playful Cooking

     

    And if you are wondering what was that video which received a lot of love and hate, it was this corn salad and grilled salmon that I tried to put on a slice of bread. Here is the link if you are interested!

     

    Grilled Corn and Heirloom Tomatoes Salad | Playful Cooking

     

    Grilled Salmon with Grilled Corn, Heirloom Tomatoes Salad | Playful Cooking

    Grilled Salmon With Corn And Heirloom Tomato Salad

    Kankana Saxena
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    Prep Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
    Servings 0

    Ingredients
     

    for chili oil lemon vinaigrette

    • zest of 1 lemon
    • juice of 1 lemon
    • 1 cup chili oil
    • 1 teaspoon sugar
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • freshly cracked black pepper

    for the corn salad

    • 1 lb cherry tomatoes
    • 2 corns on the cob
    • 2 shallots (finely chopped)
    • 1 cup finely chopped fresh mint

    for the grilled salmon

    • 4 slices of salmon fillet
    • 2 tablespoons yogurt
    • 1 teaspoon cumin powder
    • 1 teaspoon chili powder
    • salt

    Instructions
     

    for chili oil lemon vinaigrette

    • In a glass jar, pour all the ingredients and whisk until they're all mixed into a smooth vinaigrette.

    for the corn salad

    • Rub a little bit of oil on the corn and grill it in medium high heat by turning it occasionally. This should take about 30 minutes. In the mean time, throw the tomatoes in a baking pan, drizzle with some oil and roast for about 35 minutes.
    • Once corn is grilled, remove the kernel by allowing it to stand on a wide bowl and using a sharp knife, slice downwards.
    • In the same bowl, add shallots, roasted tomatoes, fresh mint and vinaigrette. Give it a toss and it’s done.

    for the grilled salmon

    • Marinate the salmon with yogurt, cumin powder, chili powder and salt. Let it rest for an hour.
    • Once ready, grill it at medium heat for about 6 minutes on each side. Make sure after you place the salmon fillet on the grill, you do not move it or else, it will tear apart. Once it’s cooked through, it will easily come off and you will get a perfect grill mark too.

    Notes

    Grill fish at the end as it would take the least amount of time and it will stay warm by the time everything is ready.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

     

    Grilled Salmon with Grilled Corn, Heirloom Tomatoes Salad | Playful Cooking

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Virginia Taylor

      August 12, 2013 at 7:59 am

      I Googled salmon, corn and tomatoes last night to get inspiration from my farmer's market visit and found this recipe. I added roasted red onion and used basil instead of mint (all that I had) and it was wonderful. Thank you for this lovely summer dish that will remain in my repertory for summers to come.

    2. delialah

      August 07, 2013 at 7:00 am

      Hei kankana
      I love your blog deeply! Yesterday I tried your Cherry Ice Cream, Best thing I've ever eaten in my entire life! I will post it on my blog soon 🙂

    3. Cynthia

      July 25, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      OMG I think I just found my new favorite blog!!! Absolutely stunning!

    4. Kiran

      July 13, 2013 at 5:18 pm

      You've captured the delicious epitome of summer so beautifully!!

      Love your first instavideo -- Haters are losers. Recite that and you'd feel so much more better 😀

    5. jehanne

      July 13, 2013 at 7:49 am

      Im obviously a bit slow with technology-cant even suss out how to take good IG pics let alone a video! Your clip looks great, and I am all for minimal fuss grilled salmon- that bowl of corn peppered salad looks delicious!

    6. easyfoodsmith

      July 13, 2013 at 6:44 am

      The salad looks yummy Kankana and beautifully shot.
      It can be disturbing to read and hear nasty and mean comments but just ignore them coz they are perhaps not even worth giving a thought and giving your precious time. You are certainly one of the best around 🙂

    7. Kalyan

      July 12, 2013 at 9:11 am

      Just mouthwatering....looks delicious!

    8. Tanvi@SinfullySpicy

      July 11, 2013 at 10:34 pm

      That salad looks so yum K..no doubt tomato-corn combo is so summery and combining it with salmon - totally yum!
      You are luck to have company when it comes to seafood, P doesnt eat seafood it and I usually dont cook fish just for myself. Wish he liked it more.

    9. Sharmila

      July 11, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      Finally landed here! You have a beautiful blog Kankana! 🙂

    10. Sylvie @ GitK

      July 10, 2013 at 7:33 pm

      I'm sorry to hear about the ugliness on Instagram. I don't see why some people feel the right to be rude on social media.

    11. Abbe@This is How I C

      July 10, 2013 at 3:08 pm

      Love summer recipes. And summer flavors. Remember people always need something to moan about. To bad it was you. Tell them to get a life.

    12. Nusrat Azim

      July 10, 2013 at 1:48 pm

      Your corn Salad made my soul dance !
      And the dream-effect that you usually put on your photos leaves me jaw-dropped 🙂
      Genius!

    13. Kitchen Belleicious

      July 10, 2013 at 11:53 am

      exactly the way salmon should always be cooked! Its perfection

    14. dixya

      July 10, 2013 at 8:41 am

      All your posts, photographs are wonderful and I am so inspired by it and so are many readers as you can see..Dont even worry about the haters..on a different note-this is a lovely creation. I am digging that salad

    15. Nami JustOneCookbook

      July 10, 2013 at 5:34 am

      I remember your IG video! I am sorry to hear you had unpleasant experience with rude and mean people! Why people waste time on doing negative thing... Enjoy positive and happy things that come your way. 🙂 This is a lovely dish - I enjoyed the video and thought you were going to give me that piece.

    16. Archana

      July 09, 2013 at 8:55 pm

      We've started grilling outdoors only recently since we moved to a house and I grilled my first corn cob last week. I was thinking of making a salad with grilled corn but never thought of tomatoes! your recipe has made me rethink that. That salad looks amazing and so does the chilli oil. You are a magician with that camera!

    17. Des @ Life's Ambrosi

      July 09, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      Lovely dish! And I'm jealous that you found zucchini blossoms at your farmers market, I can rarely find those but love them so!

      • Kankana Saxena

        July 09, 2013 at 5:43 pm

        Yeah we do get it occasionally but it's so expensive! some 7 to 8 flowers would be 3 bucks 🙂

    18. Laura (Tutti Dolci)

      July 09, 2013 at 12:21 pm

      Beautifully presented, I love your salad and the chili vinaigrette!

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