Food isn’t just something we eat, it helps unify people from all across the globe. A mutual love for food has the power to bring people together, make the saddest person feel better, fulfills the desire for varietal eating habits, and many more.
- Unity: From bringing all the members of a family together to catching up with dinner dates, food acts as a catalyst
- A Cure To Everything: Social gatherings, after break-up effects, countless emotions, stress, food has a motivating ability to control everything beyond your scope of action.
- Better Parties: A party without food, is it even a thing?
- Cooking: Cooking food is a fun process, and in the end, the satisfaction one gets after eating the food they cooked is out of the world.
- Knowledge And Care: Cooking food helps to gain fun knowledge about different states and countries. It also aids in showing that you care for your loved ones. And then food tastes and makes you feel good; who can hate it?
Braised Salmon Head With Soy Sauce
Braised Salmon head with soy sauce (หัว ปลา แซลมอน ต้ม ซี อิ้ ว, which is the term in Thai) is a globally popular dish with a variety of ways and styles of cooking it. The dish has a strong attention-seeking power to attract every salmon lover towards it. Famous chefs have also gone with ways to cook the dish with uniquely detailed processes while common people have easy and tasty easy to cook the same. With the use of an ample amount of ingredients, cooking methods, and time, one can ace and win the taste-racing while cooking the dish.
The dish is considered high in omega-3, high vitamin B, and antioxidants, which would help one maintain himself/herself and remain healthy.
Required Ingredients
All the ingredients required the quantity in which are to be present while cooking, and all the points that have to be considered while cooking the dish are summarized below:
| S.NO. | INGREDIENT | QUANTITY | POINT TO REMEMBER |
| 1 | Salmon fish head | 2-3 pcs | Make sure it is cut into 2 pieces. |
| 2 | Ginger and garlic | Few cloves of garlic | |
| 1 ginger | |||
| 3 | Cooking pot | 1 unit | |
| 4 | Cooking oil | 2 tsp | |
| 5 | Onion and spring onions | 2 stalks of green onion | Should be cut into an approximate 2.5 cm length |
| 1 big onion | Should be cut into wedges | ||
| 6 | Coriander | Couple branches | For garnishing |
| 7 | Chilli | 1-2 pcs | Powdered or dry |
| 8 | Carrot | 2 pcs | Cut into a standardized size or acc. To preference |
| 9 | Rice Wine | 1 tbsp | OPTIONAL |
| 10 | Fresh Water | 1-2 liters | |
| 11 | Black soy sauce | 3 tbsps | |
| 12 | Japanese Soy sauce | A small bowl | |
| 13 | Pepper and salt + add. spices | 1 tsp each | Or according to preference |
| 14 | Brown sugar | ½ tsp | Or according to preference |
| 15 | Honey | Few drops | OPTIONAL |
Method Of Cooking
The following steps are to be followed for preparing Braised Salmon head with soy sauce (หัว ปลา ต้ม ซี อิ้ ว, term in Thai) easily:
- Clean the already-diced-up salmon fish head and keep it aside.
- Heat the cooking pot and add cooking oil and let it stay there on a medium flame. For the time being, start chopping ginger, garlic, onions, and chilies.
- After letting the oil heat up, add the chopped ginger, garlic, chilies, and onions into the pot and cook for a while until it turns to a dark shade of brown.
- Adding some water, simultaneously start cooking the salmon for a few minutes
- Dice carrots and add them with all the sauces and sprinkle wine at the end.
- Add brown sugar and all other spices according to your taste, followed up with honey if preferred, and cook the dish for 12-15 minutes.
- Once you feel the salmon is cooked (which can easily be judged by gently pressing the top of the fillet with a fork, if it separates easily along the strips of fish fat, bingo, it’s done), take the dish off the flame and start plating. First, put the salmon, followed by pouring the sauce on the dish and put coriander and green onion on top. VOILA, braised salmon head with soy sauce, is ready to be served hot.
Enjoy the dish with your family, friends, and dear ones!
