What's for dinner - Spicy Bombay Potatoes and Salmon with basil sauce

Dinner today was so damn good. It was a pure expolosion of tastes and flavours. There wasn't a single ingredient we don't love. This was total fusion but somehow everything tasted so finger lickingly good together. I had a medium salmon fillet waiting to be eaten. I recently planted my little garden on the balcony so I have lots of fresh herbs, mostly basil and corriander. The fish turned out unbelievably good and potatoes, oh! the potatoes, I think I will never have those boring, plain potatoes again. For the salmon I used this recipe. It was really easy to prepare and we used just a few ingredients. Basil sauce was, I think, the best part. Kamil said he could even have it with ice cream, it was so delicious. As for the potatoes, these were so flavourful and yummy. If you like curry-like dishes you will fall in love with these. Here is the recipe I used. If you are looking for something a little more fancy but really easy to make be sure to try this out, you will not regret. I think I'll sneak into the fridge Nigella style to grab a bite of the leftovers.  

These are all the spices you will need but instead of tablespoons use teaspoons (my mistake)

Ingredients for the potatoes (my version): 

Baby potatoes- 250gr (washed and scrubbed well)

Red onion- 1 large

Grated ginger- 1 tbsp

Grated garlic- 1/2 tbsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Cumin powder-  tsp

Tomato- 1 small

Garam masala- 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves- a little bunch (dried will do just fine)

Oil- 1 tbsp

Salt- to taste

For salmon (my version):

1 medium salmon fillet

lemon zest

thyme 

s&p

olive oil

Bake for 10mins in 180C

For the basil sauce:

A bunch of fresh basil leaves

lemon zest 1tsp

lemon juice 1tsp

100ml double cream

s&p to taste

Bring everything to a boil, blend, season. 

Voila!

What's for dinner - Spicy Bombay Potatoes and Salmon with basil sauce

Dinner today was so damn good. It was a pure expolosion of tastes and flavours. There wasn’t a single ingredient we don’t love. This was total fusion but somehow everything tasted so finger lickingly good together. I had a medium salmon fillet waiting to be eaten. I recently planted my little garden on the balcony so I have lots of fresh herbs, mostly basil and corriander. The fish turned out unbelievably good and potatoes, oh! the potatoes, I think I will never have those boring, plain potatoes again. For the salmon I used this recipe. It was really easy to prepare and we used just a few ingredients. Basil sauce was, I think, the best part. Kamil said he could even have it with ice cream, it was so delicious. As for the potatoes, these were so flavourful and yummy. If you like curry-like dishes you will fall in love with these. Here is the recipe I used. If you are looking for something a little more fancy but really easy to make be sure to try this out, you will not regret. I think I’ll sneak into the fridge Nigella style to grab a bite of the leftovers.  

These are all the spices you will need but instead of tablespoons use teaspoons (my mistake)

Ingredients for the potatoes (my version): 

Baby potatoes- 250gr (washed and scrubbed well)

Red onion- 1 large

Grated ginger- 1 tbsp

Grated garlic- 1/2 tbsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Cumin powder-  tsp

Tomato- 1 small

Garam masala- 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves- a little bunch (dried will do just fine)

Oil- 1 tbsp

Salt- to taste

For salmon (my version):

1 medium salmon fillet

lemon zest

thyme 

s&p

olive oil

Bake for 10mins in 180C

For the basil sauce:

A bunch of fresh basil leaves

lemon zest 1tsp

lemon juice 1tsp

100ml double cream

s&p to taste

Bring everything to a boil, blend, season. 

Voila!

Italia, amore mio!

Ciao! We are back from a short trip to Italy. It was a blast. The weather may not have been the prettiest but we still had a lot of fun seeing all the beautiful sites of Bergamo and the towns surrounding Lago Iseo where we spent half of the trip. 

We are both huge fans of Italy. We love its picturesque views, little towns, stone houses and people, yes, italians are the best. So, when I found the tickets a while ago I booked them at once without even consulting it with Kamil. I knew he'd love the idea. 

We flew to Bergamo which is located less than 40km from Milan. We decided to stay there rather than spend the whole time in crowded Milan. To our surprise Bergamo turned out to be a real pearl. It's not too big and it has the prettiest old town on the top of a hill with a breathtaking view of the city and the surrounding mountains. 

We stayed there until late afternoon, drank a few cafes and had one of the best if not THE best pizza ever. We then went back to the airport to pick up the car we had rented. You can't imagine how happy we were when we got a Fiat 500. There's nothing better that traveling accross Italy in a Cinquecento. 

 

 

Citta Alta, Old town of Bergamo

Seriously? Dirty sneakers for almost 200E?

 

Shoes off! Now we're resting.

We found a lovely spot by Iseo lake. We had to spend the night there, it was just too beautiful. 

If you think it's impossible to spend a comfortable night in a 500, you're mistaken. 

Best lunch ever!

The next morning we traveled mostly through tiny and lovely little towns around Iseo (one was even called Lovere, we just had to go there).

I don't think I have to mention how good italian wine was. There is something special about it (that makes it almost impossible to stop drinking)

The best part of any trip it to see a friend waiting for you with a huge grin on her face :) Too bad the plane landed ahead of time and we didn't get to make a grand entrance. 

Thank you Rox, you saved us yesterday, otherwise we would have spent another 2 hours getting back home.