Salmon with Sesame Seeds, Pondichery Pepper, Pomegranate, and the Winner of the Giveaway !!!

Et oui, life exists outside the Project Food Blog Challenge...(?!), and even though I am very enthusiastic about it AND working hard for it !,  I was really missing my regular posts...and the fall season called for something with pomegranate...so I came up with this light dish, healthy....and most important, made in almost no-time! 

The salmon can be cooked in olive oil, in your frying pan or in the oven...Sesame seeds add the pleasure of something to crunch, and the Pondichery pepper, a visit to exotic lands, with its fruity yet powerful taste! As to the potatoes, I cooked them in two stages: steaming them first, and then, sauté them briefly with some herbs (confession? I did that for "a question of appearance") but you can stick to steamed potatoes if you prefer or for health reasons!

Finally, some Greek yoghurt and pomegranate seeds: freshness, unctuosity, explosion of flavor in each of the seeds... Cooking time? very little. Visual impact? high! Don't you agree?

Today was the deadline to participate in my giveaway... The automatic number generator has chosen 21, so Ambika, of Ambika's Kitchen,  is the lucky winner of the $75 certificate offered by CSN Stores. A huge THANK YOU to all the people that participated answering my question: Which of my Argentinian pizzas did you prefer? and the result is the three of them !! Votes were evenly shared for the Provolone, BBQ, and Quince fruit au Malbec !!! (I think I should stop blogging and open a pizzeria!!!)

Finally, last but not least, I would like to thank Nancy, of Spicie Foodie, for giving me this award...!

If you don't know Nancy's blog (which I doubt!) go and check it up, you won't be disappointed: talented Nancy, from far away, enchanting Prague, introduces us to a world of spices, great recipes, excellent photography..and shares with us her charming soul, which I consider the most important! 

Thanks again Nancy! recognition from my peers is the most important thing! I feel obliged! 

For those who celebrate Halloween: Have fun !!!!!!! Enjoy yourselves!!!

For the recipe, click below...

For this Salmon with Sesame Seeds, Pondichery Pepper and Pomegranate, you will need:

* Salmon, 500gr *Sesame seeds, 20gr * Pondichery Pepper (or black pepper), 7gr * Pomegranate, 1 * Greek yoghurt, 100gr * small potatoes (here I used "ratte du Touquet")  *olive oil

Crush the pepper seeds in a mortar (in the photo I left some whole ones, for photography reasons) Mix with the sesame seeds. Spread this on the salmon (not the skin side) trying to make it adhere. Put some olive oil on a frying pan in medium/high. Place the fish in the frying pan, skin side down. Cook for 3'. Lower the heat. Cover with aluminum foil. Cook 3/4' more depending on how thick your salmon is. Be careful not to overcook it. Dry salmon is not tasty. 

Cook the potatoes in a steam saucepan till they are almost completely tender. Dry with a paper-towel. In a frying pan, put some olive oil. Sauté the potatoes adding some freshly cut thyme, or rosemary leaves (sliced).

Serve one slice of fish (sprinkle with fleur de sel), the potatoes, a spoonful of yoghut, and some pomegranate seeds and juice. 

Serves 4

Recipe from Gourmet Magazine, Argentina