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Fish Nutrition & Health Benefits
How Much Fish Should You Eat Per Week
Every label, headline, and fish-counter neighbour gives a different number for how much fish to eat, and I have watched…
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Fish Nutrition & Health Benefits
Omega-3 Rich Fish, Ranked by Species
Oily fish sellers and online lists all shout a different answer, and I have watched readers spend months buying the…
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Fish Nutrition & Health Benefits
Health Benefits of Eating Fish, Backed by Research
Fish gets called a superfood so often the word has lost its meaning, and in the same breath people warn…
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Fish Nutrition & Health Benefits
Fish Nutrition and Health: The Complete Guide
Everyone tells you fish is healthy, but nobody agrees on the details: how much per week, which fish, and whether…
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Fish Recipes by World Cuisine
Spanish and Portuguese Fish Recipes: Bacalao and More
You bought salt cod, or you are thinking about it, and now you are stuck on the question nobody answers…
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Fish Recipes by World Cuisine
Chinese-Style Steamed Fish Guide
You want to steam a whole fish the Chinese way, but every recipe hands you a different number of minutes,…
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Fish Recipes by World Cuisine
Scandinavian Fish Recipes: Gravlax and Fish Cakes
You want Scandinavian fish on your table, but the first search stops you cold: gravlax is cured fish, never cooked,…
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Fish Recipes by World Cuisine
Indian Fish Curry: Regional Styles Explained
Ask ten South Asian kitchens what Indian fish curry means and you will get ten honest answers. That is not…
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Fish Recipes by World Cuisine
Thai-Style Fish Curry Guide
Thai-style fish curry for a home cook means one simple order: the curry is built first and gets all the…
Recipes
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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,…
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Recipes
Baked Spicy Parmesan-Crusted Salmon
Salmon is an ideal choice for weeknight dinners due to its versatility, ease of preparation, and health benefits. It can…
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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
Miso-Roasted Atlantic Mackerel
Mackerel’s rich, strong flavorpairs well with complex ingredients like miso and soy and iscomplemented by citrus andbright vinaigrettes
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Recipes
Chile-Spiced Rockfish with Summer Peach and Jalapeno Quinoa Salad
Introduction Looking for a dish that perfectly captures the essence of summer? Look no further than this Chile-Spiced Rockfish with…
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Recipes
Wood Roasted Native Striped Bass
The best and detaild recipe for cooking a whole striped bass.
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…
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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.