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Fish Serving, Pairing & Presentation
What to Serve with Fish: 30+ Side Dish Ideas
Fish itself rarely slows my dinner down. I buy it, I cook it simply, and it is ready fast. The…
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Fish Serving, Pairing & Presentation
How to Serve Fish: Pairing and Presentation Guide
The saddest fish dinner I know is not a badly cooked one. It is a good fish, cooked properly, then…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Essential Tools Every Fish Cook Needs (Starter Kit)
When I started cooking fish seriously, I thought skill lived in a drawer full of gadgets. It does not. The…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Air Fryer Fish: Is It Actually Good?
People ask me about air fryer fish the way they ask about a new neighbour: is it actually good, or…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Home Fish Smokers: A Buying Guide
Smoked fish has a way of making people dream big. I have watched friends taste one piece of hot-smoked fish,…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Best Grill Baskets for Cooking Fish
I still remember the first delicate fillet I lost to a grill. Half of it stayed welded to the bars,…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Best Meat Thermometers for Fish
The scene plays out in my kitchen at least once a month. A beautiful piece of fish comes off the…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Is a Fish Poacher Worth Buying?
It is the longest pan in the shop, and it does exactly one job. I love poached fish, truly, and…
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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Do You Need a Fish Spatula? A Buyer’s Guide
The fillet was perfect right up until the flip. Crisp skin, good colour, and then my old turner wedged under…
Recipes
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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
Whole30 and Paleo Fish Recipes
Every few years a new eating pattern arrives in my kitchen with a rulebook, and I have stopped worrying about…
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Fish Recipes
Lemon Garlic White Fish
Don’t fret about making this fish dish cumbersome. Simply, season with lemon and garlic and allow the smokefrom the grill…
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Recipes
Pan-Cooked White Fish with Papaya Red Pepper Salsa
Vibrant colors and fresh flavors are front and center in this lovely pan-cooked white fish recipe. When done right, fruit…
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Recipes
Catfish Fillets Coconut Fish Curry
Easy to make Catfish Fillets Coconut Fish Curry
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Recipes
Tasty Salmon in Dill Butter with Some Rice
This is a very tasty Salmon Recipe for fish lovers. This Salmon Recipe is a very easy-to-make recipe. You can…
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.