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Fish Spice Blends
Spice Base for Fish Curry and Gravy: Balancing Heat, Sourness and Body
A fish curry can fail before the fish ever touches the pan. I have tasted gravies that burned at the…
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Fish Spice Blends
How to Make Your Own Fish Masala Blend at Home
Fish was going into the pan in twenty minutes and the packet masala I reached for was stale and flat…
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Fish Spice Blends
Fish Spice Blends, Marinades and Seasoning: The Complete Guide
The fish was perfect and the dish was flat. That has happened in my kitchen more times than I like…
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Catch to Kitchen
Fish You Should Not Eat: Toxic and Poor-Eating Species to Know
A fish on the bank can look like a free dinner and still be the wrong fish to take home.…
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Catch to Kitchen
Fresh-Caught vs Store-Bought Fish: Is There a Real Taste Difference?
On my best canal mornings I have cooked fish within hours of catching it, still firm, clean smelling, and sweet…
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Catch to Kitchen
Rigor Mortis in Fish: When to Cook or Rest Your Catch
Some of the sweetest fish I have ever eaten never saw a fridge. It came out of the canal, was…
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Catch to Kitchen
How to Bleed and Dispatch a Fish for Better Flavor
The first carp I brought home from the canal without bleeding taught me a lesson I have never forgotten. The…
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Catch to Kitchen
Cooking Freshly Caught Fish Simply: Salt, Heat and Nothing Else
The best fish I have ever eaten did not come out of a marinade bowl. It came off a canal…
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Catch to Kitchen
Is Your Catch Safe to Eat? Water Quality and Local Advisories
A fish can look perfect and still be the wrong fish to eat. I have turned down clean, bright eyed…
Recipes
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Trout Recipes
SUCCULENT SMOKED TROUT with CREAMY DILL SAUCE & TOMATO RELISH
This rainbow trout is full of flavor and kept succulent throughout the cook with the addition of mayonnaise. It’s stuffed…
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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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Recipes
Wood Roasted Native Striped Bass
The best and detaild recipe for cooking a whole striped bass.
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Salmon Recipes
Salmon Barbecue
Salmon is a tasty fish by itself but when you work in an effortless carom BBQ seasoning, you sure can…
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FISH SPECIES
All You Need to Know About Tuna Fish: Types, Size, Weight, Habitat, Price
Introduction Tuna fish is widely known for its delicious taste and versatility in various culinary dishes. It is a popular…
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Fish Recipes
Sear roasted halibut with blood orange salsa
Sear roasted halibut recipe This recipe combines a perfectly seared halibut fillet with a refreshing blood orange salsa. The fish…
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.