One of my favorite ways to cook fresh okra from the summertime garden is to grill it. Whether on the indoor grill pan or trusty Weber, the outside of each pod gets nice and charred which adds loads of flavor—grilled okra is nice addition to a bowl of succotash, a topping for a healthy salad, or even as a starter with a homemade Sriracha mayo for dipping. For this recipe, I paired grilled okra with rounds of grilled eggplant, pine nuts and a light orange vinaigrette. A perfect side dish for baked halibut fillets sprinkled with a combination of fragrant yellow curry powder and spicy crushed Aleppo chiles.
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Curry-Scented Halibut with Grilled Okra & Eggplant
Ingredients:
- (4) 6-7 oz. halibut fillets, skin-on
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon yellow curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed Aleppo chiles
- For the salad:
- olive oil
- 1 lb. okra pods
- (2) Asian eggplants, cut into 1/2-inch rounds
- salt and pepper
- pine nuts (3 Tablespoons)
- For the vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with olive oil-sprayed parchment paper. Arrange the fish on the parchment; sprinkle each with a pinch of salt and pepper; divide the crushed chiles and curry powder amongst the fillets as well. Drizzle each fillet with a tiny bit of olive oil. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the fish is flaky and cooked to your liking.
- Spray an indoor grill pan with olive oil spray. Toss the okra and sliced eggplant with 2 Tablespoons of olive oil, ½ teaspoon of salt and a big grinding of black pepper. Heat the pan over high heat. Grill the veggies in single layer, flipping once, until tender and charred. This should only take about 1 1/2 minutes per side, depending on the heat of your grill pan–so check the veggies carefully to make sure they are not burning. Toss the grilled veggies with the pine nuts and the vinaigrette’s mixture of the orange juice, olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Serve the fish warm with the warm veggie salad.
Tagged: baked fish, crushed Aleppo chiles, curry powder, eggplant, grilled eggplant, grilled okra, halibut, okra, orange vinaigrette, pine nuts, yellow curry powder
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