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Fish Cooking Equipment & Tools
Essential Equipment for Cooking Fish at Home
The drawer tells the truth. I have opened fish cooks’ gadget drawers, the crowded ones, and seen the same story…
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Fish Recipes for Weight Loss
The lightest fish dinner I know is not a small plate, and it is not a sad one. It is…
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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 by Diet & Lifestyle
Fish Meal Prep Recipes for the Week
I got the same message three Sundays in a row from three different readers: they had cooked a proud batch…
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Fish Recipes by Diet & Lifestyle
Budget-Friendly Fish Recipes
At the fish counter last month, I watched a man do the maths out loud. He counted coins in his…
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Fish Recipes by Diet & Lifestyle
20-Minute Weeknight Fish Dinners
Six o’clock, fridge open, shoulder aching from the day, and somebody in my house asks the dangerous question: what is…
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Kid-Friendly Fish Recipes for Picky Eaters
I have watched a child push a plate of fish away before the plate even touched the table. Not after…
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Fish Recipes by Diet & Lifestyle
Pregnancy-Safe Fish Recipes (Low-Mercury Picks)
The most frightened readers who ever wrote to me were expecting mothers, scared off fish entirely by something they read…
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Fish Recipes by Diet & Lifestyle
Gluten-Free Fish Recipes
A reader once asked me whether my fish fry was gluten-free, and I had to answer honestly: the fish was.…
Recipes
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Recipes
Roasted Furikake Salmon
Have you ever tasted the magic Roasted Furikake Salmon? If not, you’re in for a real treat! This versatile Japanese…
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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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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
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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Fish Recipes
Baccala Salt Cod Salad
Baccala Salt Cod Salad: A Mediterranean Classic with a Twist Baccala Salt Cod Salad, or salt cod, is a culinary…
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Seafood
Citrus Roasted Cod with Tarragon Brown Butter and Honey
Looking for a light and flavorful weeknight dinner? Look no further than Citrus Roasted Cod with Tarragon Brown Butter and…
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.