Baked Salmon & Carrot Salad
- Soomaali
- Saalmon La Foorneeyay & Insalaaddo Karooto
- Français
- Saumon Grillé & Salade de Carottes
- العربية
- سلمون بالفرن وسلطة الجزر
By Leila & Abdullahi · ·
Some recipes come to you very easily. The recipe for the carrot salad is one such example. It was sent to us by our friend J. who lives in France. She is the person who does all the French translation for us. Thank you J.!
Other recipes are difficult to get. Many of us had the experience of visiting a friend or family member and being offered a food that we fall in love with at first bite. But the recipe is a secret. It is no use insisting on being given the recipe, because when you really insist, suddenly the recipe for samosas yields hot dogs.
My mother once told us about a cake she had at a friend’s house. At the time, she was in Baidoa, Somalia and that friend was an American lady whose husband worked at Bonca, the experimental farm near Baidoa. Whenever she visited her, she was offered this delicious cake together with a cup of tea. When my mother asked for the recipe, her friend always evaded the question, making it evident that the recipe was a secret.
An American lady in Somalia, of course, doesn’t cook her food every day! She had a Somali cook but he was sworn to secrecy and he was not talking. Many times, the cook would see my mother making up excuses to enter the kitchen only to leave empty-handed. The cook’s position was not enviable. He was burdened with a secret and inside him was a word that had to be spoken. His plight reminded me of the poem Kudu by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac Gaariye. He begins:
For many, many days, the poor servant suffered in silence until the day when he finally went outside the city, dug a hole in the ground and whispered his secret to the earth. Gaariye then ends the poem thus:
My mother’s persistence finally paid off. One day, she went again into the kitchen and discovered the secret. The cook did not place the secret in a hole in the ground. He strategically placed it in the garbage bin and it was sticking out like the horns of a kudu: an empty package of cake mix! In it went underneath her garbasaar (shawl) to be handed to my father to complete the mission.
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Ingredients
1 cup = 237 mL · 1 Tbsp = 15 mL · 1 tsp = 5 mL. All are level measurements.
Baked Salmon & Carrot Salad
Carrot Salad
Method
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Salmon fillet Steps for preparing the baked salmon Cut the salmon fillet into serving sizes.
In a bowl, combine the garlic, black pepper, salt, olive oil, honey mustard and the flour.
Mix well.
Place the salmon pieces on a baking pan layered with aluminum foil.
Apply half the marinade on the salmon fillets.
Apply the other half of the marinade on the other side of the salmon fillets. Bake uncovered in a preheated oven for 12 minutes at 500°F/260°C.
Baked Salmon Baked Salmon & Carrot Salad Steps for preparing the carrot salad Grate the carrots in the food processor.
You can also use a grater.
Combine all the dressing ingredients (lemon juice, orange juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, honey, cider vinegar and honey mustard). Mix well.
Place the shredded carrots in a bowl and add the currants and chopped parsley.
Add the dressing.
Mix well. It can be served immediately but it is best after it is refrigerated for a couple of hours or even overnight.
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Hi I’m trying to do ure baked salmon and carrot salad. What kind of honey mustard did u use. I live in London uk I could only find honey mustard dressing and honey mustard marinade. Plz help
ASC aad ayan uga helay salmonka iyo waliba ansalatada karootka waxan idin leeyahay Fjzkumulahu kheyran howl culus ayaad noo heysaan abaalkiina jano Allaha ka dhigo aameen
Aamiin walaal. Aad iyo aad ayaa u mahadsan tahay.
Asc wr wr walaal illaahey ajarbadan ha idinka siiyo aad ayaan ugu helay website kiimacaankiyaa xawaash walaal suaal ayaan idinweydiina tan hore hadaan hesanin honey mastar m axaan kubadala haduu fish ka freezen yahay sacada ma ukordhiya
Wacalaykum Assalaam Waraxmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh.
Aad iyo aad ayaa ugu mahadsan tahay faallada iyo ducada. Waxaad ku beddeli kartaa 2 qy malab iyo 1/4 qy oo huruud.
I would like to say Congrats to the couple who made this websit. I have been cooking since i was 8 years old, when I found out about the websit I was really happy and also to see a Somalia people who could benefit others.I also learned a lot from here and still learning new stuff. Thank you very much for this.
You are most welcome, Shukri. Thank you very much for your kind words. We are happy we could help.
walalayaal wxa jiro dad bahi uqaba cunta kariska lkn an fahmeen luqada engilishka wxy codsanayan in laga dhigo luqadda somali si ay ufahman cunta kariska mahadsanidiin walaalayaal
Afar luqadood ayaan ku micneynaa. Luqad walba bog u gaar ah ayaan u samaynay. Waxaad gujisaan masawirka koowaad hoostiisa meesha af Soomaali ku qoran.