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Storage & Food Safety Guide
Is Fish Skin Safe to Eat?
Yes — fish skin is generally safe to eat, and often delicious, when the fish is fresh, the scales are…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
Fish Food Poisoning: Symptoms, Causes, and Prevention
Fish food poisoning most often causes diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes fever. How fast it starts depends on…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
How to Freeze Fresh Fish at Home
To freeze fresh fish at home, rinse it in cold water, pat it completely dry, divide it into meal-size portions,…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
Mercury in Fish: Safe Levels by Species
The safest fish to eat often are the small, short-lived ones — salmon, sardines, tilapia, catfish, cod, and canned light…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
Safe Internal Cooking Temperatures for Every Type of Fish
Cook almost every type of fish to an internal temperature of 145°F (63°C), measured in the thickest part, or until…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
How to Tell If Fish Has Gone Bad
Fish has gone bad when it smells sour, fishy, or like ammonia, feels slimy or soft instead of firm, or…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
Can You Refreeze Fish After Thawing? The Real Answer
The real answer depends entirely on how the fish was thawed, not on how much time has passed. Fish thawed…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
The Safest Ways to Thaw Frozen Fish
Three methods keep frozen fish safe while it thaws: the refrigerator, a sealed bag in cold water, or the microwave…
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Storage & Food Safety Guide
How Long Does Fish Last in the Fridge? (Storage Times Chart)
Plan on 1 to 2 days for raw fish and shellfish in the refrigerator, 3 to 4 days once it’s…
Recipes
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Salmon Recipes
Basic Pan-Cooked Salmon with Lemon Dill Crème Fraîche and Persian Cucumber
In my opinion, pan cooking is one of the best methods for preparing fish. Although it can seem intimidating at…
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Recipes
Easy Whipped Pimiento Sauce with Pan-Cooked Fish
I adapted this dish from one of my grandmother’s recipes. The sauce was basically whipped cream and pimientos, but I…
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Recipes
Hoisin Five-Spice Sauce Baked Fish with Ramen Noodles and Broccolini
This recipe can easily be made in under 30 minutes. While the fish cooks, prepare the ramen and broccolini, and…
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Trout Recipes
Fire Pit Trout With Lemon and Dill
The trick here is to cook the fish (as I do with much seafood cooked over an open flame) on…
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Recipes
Sardines Stuffed with Pine Nuts, Capers, Currants, Parsley and Orange Zest
Sardines Stuffed, when prepared correctly, undergo a remarkable transformation. This particular recipe seems to be the epitome of sardine perfection.…
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Seafood
Seaweed Sushi Roll
Seaweed Sushi Rolls: A Bite-Sized Taste of the Ocean The art of sushi is a dance of contrasts: vibrant colors,…
Food Products
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Spice
Star Anise
Star anise is the star-shaped spice that adds a warm licorice kick to both savory and sweet dishes around the…
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Spice
Nutmeg
Why This Unassuming Seed Changed Human History Close your eyes and imagine a scent that transported emperors, sparked wars between…
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Spice
Mace
Why Mace Is the Secret Weapon of Refined Cooking While most home cooks reach for nutmeg without hesitation, discerning chefs…
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Spice
Clove
THE HOOK: Why Every Home Cook Needs to Understand Clove Imagine the aroma filling your kitchen on a winter morning—that…
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Spice
Turmeric
The Golden Root: A Master Chef’s Guide to Turmeric (Curcuma longa) If there is one ingredient that bridges the gap…
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Herbs
Garlic
If the ocean provides the catch, the earth provides the garlic. In the world of “Mahigar,” where we obsess over…
Fish Species
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FISH SPECIES
Wels Catfish
Although the giant wels catfish is native only to eastern and central Europe, it has been introduced into a far…
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FISH SPECIES
Northern Pike
The northern pike is an extremely adept, streamlined predator. Its body is designed principally for intense bursts of high speed,…
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FISH SPECIES
Grayling
The grayling is not a particularly large fish, growing to a maximum of about 60cm (2ft) in length, but they…
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FISH SPECIES
Rudd
At first glance, the rudd looks very much like a roach (opposite), but there are two main differences: a rudd’s…
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FISH SPECIES
European Chub
Sometimes in lakes. The European chub prefers medium- to fast-flowing clean water; it is also known to enter brackish water…
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FISH SPECIES
Common Bream
The most widely fished freshwater bream species is the common bream (also known as the bronze bream). They are found…
Cooking Methods
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Dry Heat Cooking Methods
Baking
The Ultimate Guide to Baking: From Ancient Art to Modern Science There’s a unique kind of magic that happens when…
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Dry Heat Cooking Methods
Roasting
Introduction: Beyond Baking – The Transformative Power of Roasting Fish In the culinary lexicon, the terms “baking” and “roasting” are…
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Dry Heat Cooking Methods
Smoking
Smoking is a dry heat cooking method used to flavor, color, and preserve food for immediate use. When smoking, heat…
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Moist Heat Cooking Methods
Boiling
Boiling is another moist-heat cooking method that uses the process of convection to transfer heat from a water-based liquid to…
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Combination Cooking Methods
Stewing
Stewing also uses a combination of dry– and moist-heat cooking methods. Stewing is most often associated with smaller pieces of…
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Combination Cooking Methods
Braising
Braising uses a combination of dry and moist heat cooking methods to provide the best aspects of both methods. Braising…
Who Is Mahigar and What is the Meaning of Mahigar
Mahigar is a combination of two words, “Mahi” and “Gar“. In the Persian language, Mahi means Fish, and Gar means Expert. Mahigar means a fish recipe expert or a chef who is an expert in cooking fish recipes. Mahigar is a food blog, and welcome to my food blog, MahiGar. Fishing and cooking are my hobbies. I have 20 Years of experience in fishing and fish recipes. In these 20 years, I have learned how to make fish recipes perfectly at home, better than in restaurants. In simple words, mahigar is a food blog, especially for fish recipes, fish cooking, and fishing.