Shake It Up

Drink and Shake- Homemade Protein Shakes

20gms of protein from whirling up all these with a milk base

Protein shakes are considered an important part of any muscle building regime, however, I always recommend people to get their proteins from natural and unprocessed sources and make protein shakes themselves at home. Drinking a glass of homemade protein shake pre and post workout is an easy way of getting 20gms of protein. A big glass of homemade protein shake is a good choice for a nutrient dense high energy breakfast on the go. Kick off your day with this energy load!

To get an easy healthy and handsome intake of protein, try experimenting whirling your own protein shakes.

Base:

select a base for your shake, 250ml of one of these:
 skimmed milk/soya milk/almond milk (average 8gms protein). 

For thicker shakes use 4oz greek yogurt (12 gms protein)  or plain yogurt (6.5 gms protein).

Protein:

 

 A protein rich ingredient, use one of these 4oz cottage cheese (14gms protein)

Raw eggs (5.5gms of protein) or 2Tbsp Peanut butter (8gms of protein) and Ground Flax seed (for fibre and good omega fats)

Fruit:

  To add the micronutrient, add chopped fruits, banana, melon, berries, oranges (1-2 gms of protein average)

More Protein:

For the additional boost of protein and fibre, add 1 tablespoon, 15gms of Oatmeal (3 gms protein).

Put everything in a blender, blend in a thick smooth liquid and drink it all. 

Here you go building solid muscle mass!!!

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Great Abs Are Made in the Kitchen

There is popular saying that 'great bodies are made in kitchen', and this is correct for a reason. 

Workouts, running, sprinting, weight training and all kind of resistance exercise would not do any good unless you follow an appropriate diet aimed at building muscles at the right places and keep your weight under control.

The following guidelines are specifically for males in persuit of staying fit and developing some great abs. 

Given that an average Pakistani man is between the age of mid twenties to late thirties, without any medical condition, dont drink alcohol or smoke. He engages in 60-75 minutes of workout including weight training and resistance exercise at least 6 days a week. These guidelines would help them achieve their goals and discipline their health regime resulting in a healthy muscular body. 

The ultimate body building and fitness goals require a consistent workout regime with correct nutrition intake. 

Great bodies are made in kitchen not soley in gyms.

Daily Dietry Need Summary:

Calories 18-20gmsx165 (your total body weight)

Total Calorific needs average: 3000-3300 since you are not a professional body builder, or wrestler keep calorie intake at lower end

20%-30% of these calories should come from protein, 40%-60% from carbs and 
20%-30% from fat, out of which 5% from saturated fats only

To keep a balance, your training regime should not burn more calories then you consume, so calories are utilized to build muscle mass.

The calories should come every day from;

165gms of protein

330-500 gms of carbohydrate

150-170gms of fats

1- Number of Meals/day:

Aim for 6 perfectly balanced meals a day each 450-500 calories.

To build quality muscle mass at right places, your body needs a constant and even supply of nutrition dense calories throughout the day for growing muscles.

Balanced meal is key, if you load on one meal comprising 1000-1200 Cal, your wont be hungry in the next 2-3 hours for your next meal. Your body wont be able to process that extra calories which will be ultimately stored as fats and you will gain weight not muscles.

What Makes a Balanced Meal

Your 450-500 Cal meal plate should be ½ lean protein, ¼ carbohydrate and ¼ fruits and vegetable, and 30gms of fibre minimum.

2- Proteins:

Protein is the most important macronutrient for building muscles. The average daily protein intake should be 1.2-2 gms per pound of body weight. Select protein sources that are lean, complete protein that is containing all 9 amino acids.

Sources of Complete Animal Protein:

Try consuming following in grilled, baked, BBQ or stir fried form:

-Fish like Salmon, Tuna, King Fish, Becti, Red Snapper (everyday)

-Eggs very frequently, 6-8 a day whites with no more then 1-2 with yolk (everyday) its a total nutrition powerhouse.

-Chicken in moderate quantity (5-6 times a week breast only)

- Red meat beef or Mutton- occasionally (1-2 times a week)

- Milk (drink everyday, if you want to drink several glasses use reduced fat or skimmed milk or better soya or almond milk)

Eating meat curries, shorba, and salaans can be tasty but they generally are fat laden and spices can create digestion issues. 
 If you have to have them make sure, they are cooked in olive oil, flavoured with fresh herbs, whole spices (sabat garam masala) tomatoes and no ground red chillies and sparingly using other ground spices.

Plant Sources Of proteins;

-Soya Products- make burger patty of soya beans, eat roasted soya nuts, tofu, drink soya milk

- Beans and lentils:  choose whole mung and masoor beans, Chana/gram/chickpeas, red kidney beans, fava beans, broad beans etc. eat them in soups, salads, low fat low spice herbed curries, in chats, and salads.

3- Carbohydrates:

Unlike weight watchers, the muscle builders need to load up on good carbs. You body uses glycogen for weight training, and complex carbohydrates replenish that. 

Ensure an intake of 330-500gms of good carbs everyday, which means at least 55-70gms in every meal. Unprocessed and complex carbohydrates are best choices for building muscles. Rice, pasta, potatoes and bread are complex carbs, but they become unhealthy choices if you eat white and refined ones. 

Rule of thumb choose whole grain fibrous carbs for all your staple part of meals.

Food choices can include, multigrain whole wheat bread/chappatis, unpolished wholegrain Basmati rice, Quinoa grain (it is 50% protein and Number-1 staple choice), Steel cut oats, Oat meal, Rye Bread, Sweet potatoes. 

Avoid puris and parathas at all cost. Omit all simple sugars such as chocolate, soft drinks, cakes, mithai, sweet biscuits.

Besides milk, fruit and vegetable also provides good carbs as well.

Carbs play an important part both in even flow of energy to help build muscles and get you through the workout. The timing of loading on carb is important for sportsmen or individual following rigorous workouts.

Loading on a slow digesting carbohydrate before workout and a fast digesting after workout is great practice.

Before Workout: Load on slow digesting carbs, like fruits apple, pear, bananas, steel cut whole grain oats, or multigrain bread. You will be less tired during workouts, and burn more fat.

After Workout: Eat a fast digesting carbohydrate like fresh orange juice, ORS solution, a baked sweet potato. This will raise the insulin level driving the cardbohydrate to muscles where it aids in protein synthesis to build grow muscle fibres.

Totally avoid sports drink, they are expensive and quick fix, you can get same results with a glass of ORS or lemonade made with brown sugar, salt and lemon juice. This is enough to keep the balance of sodium and electrolytes post workout.

4- Fats:

To keep growing and maintaining the muscle fibres, a selection of good fats in every meal is what you need to care for. The 15%-20% of daily calories intake should come from carefully chosen fat sources that contain monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, out of which at least 5% can be saturated fats. 

Include the following in your diet:

-       Olive oil, coconut and canola oil

-       Olive butter, Peanut butter

-       Avacado

-       Peanuts

-       Pumpkin seeds, almonds (for snacks, cereals and salads)

-       Flax seeds, add 1-2 tsp of flax seed meal in cereals every day

For Saturated Fats:

-       red meat

-       dairy butter, full cream milk,

-       yougurt

-       

Maintaining optimum level of testrones is very important for muscle building, and avoiding weight gain. So eating some saturated fats are good for it.

5- Hydration:

Extremely vital to keep your muscles hydrated all the time, or else your muscles will have hard time recovering. Drink 3 litres of water minimum sipping throughout the day. 

6- Micronutrients (Minerals and Vitamins):

As you consume good sources of macronutrient, including Minerals and Vitamins are equally important for maintenance of healthy disease free body. Eat plenty of green vegetable, like spinach, mustard greens, broccoli, lettuce, and other salad green, add plenty of fresh green herbs to flavour your meals like mint, cilantro/coriander, basil, Oregano, dill etc. 


7- Sample Meals Plans

The key to developing beautiful muscles under that shirt is to eat what you like and enjoy but following the guidelines given. If you're not eating what you like, it'll be harder to consistently follow through with your diet.

Sample diet to give you a better idea of what you might eat in a day:

Sample-1 ▪                     Breakfast: egg-white omelet with smoked salmon or chicken breast; multigrain toast; banana. ▪                     Pre-lunch snack: mixed nuts; apple, lassi. ▪                     Lunch: tuna/grilled fish salad with olive oil, onions and olives; multigrain bread. ▪                     Pre-workout snack: cottage cheese with strawberries/peaches/pears. ▪                     Post-workout snack: low fat lassi; sauted spinach/Homemade Protein Shake. ▪                     Dinner: Grilled Snapper fillet/pan seared snapper/ chicken breast with quinoa; stir-fry with carrots, onions, peas, and peppers.

Sample-2 7:30 a.m. Breakfast:   Boiled 2 large whole eggs, 2 large egg whites 1 cup plain cooked steel cut oats/oatmeal cereal Large sliced banana 10 a.m. Midmorning Snack sandwich with 2 slices whole-wheat bread,  roast chicken breast , rocket leaves, low-fat cheese and mustard, Any seasonal fruit 1 p.m. Lunch 6 oz. lean Beef shami kebab/Chicken Qeema sauted in light spices and herbs 2 cup bran rice 1 cup steamed broccoli /spinach 3 p.m. Midday snack I chicken tikka/200  2 slices whole-wheat bread sandwich 1/2 avocado 5 p.m. Pre-workout 1 glass homemade protein shake with 2 slices whole-wheat bread/multigrain muffin 6:30 p.m. Pos-tworkout 1 huge 300 ounce homemade protein shake  7:30 p.m. Dinner   8 oz. Salmon/King Fish panseared or grilled/chicken or lean beef steaks  roasted sweet potato or quinoa grain 1 cup suated spinach/green salad plate 10:30 p.m. Bedtime 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese 2-3 Tbsp. peanut butter/handful of almonds with a glass of whole milk

8- Quick Tips: Change starts from your grocery shopping that reflects on the food that turns up on your table and finally your bodies show it.

Mark the following:

- Buy all lean meat, i.e without fat, and cook with minimum oil. Buying expensive cuts of lean meat then cooking it in lots of oil/butter/ghee is a waste.

- Flax Seeds meal (powder it at home enough for 2-3 days supply, the flax seed meal/powder gets rancid if stored for more then few days)

- Balanced meals Keep reminding yourself to balance every single meal you take during the day

- Count Calories and Nutrition; To keep track of your nutrition and calories intake download and use any one of the Calorie and nutrition counting apps  

- Avoid processed food; try to limit all packaged, bottled, tinned foo

-Cottage Cheese; learn to make your own cottage cheese at home and use that in your meals 

- Sodas and sugary drinks: all boxed bottled carbonated drinks, juices and such should be avoided, added sugars are empty calories

- Learn to Cook: Most Pakistani men rely on others to cook for them, remember it is your Abs and body, so work for it yourself, or join cooking with mom, sister, wife or whoever is the executive chef of your family.

- Share your Success: send me some images once you begin getting those abs and the images and details of your meals


- Tweet for qs: For questions and concerns twitter @FSKamal
 




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Quinoa-The Super Food

Quinoa is to overcome the food shoratge of tomorrow with its perfect balance of carbohydrate and complete protein

 Quinoa is a Super Grain historically consumed by Inca civilizations some 3-4 thousand years back as staple food.  Though referred to as grain, Quinoa is the seed part of the plant and one of the top protein rich staple one can have.  Contains all 9 amino acids making it complete source of low fat, no cholesterol protein. Owing to the high nutritional value and importance of this grain, the year 2013 is declared as the year of Quinoa by United Nations.

Nutrition Profile:

185gms of cooked quinoa contains;

229 Calories of which 32 Calories is from fat

8.0 gms of protein

3.5gms of fat

42gm carbohydrates

5 gms of fibre

31 mg calcium

2.76 mg iron

318 mg potassium

13 mg sodium

2.02 mg zinc

Because of this excellent balance of carbohydrate and protein Quinoa is also considered the number one food to overcome the food shortage in future. Given this nutrient dense profile, Quinoa makes a perfect choice for staple for health and wellness, including controlling obesity, diabetics and Cardio Vascular conditions.

Since 2008, the researches have been underway at Agricultural University of Faisalabad and later in in Chakwal and Bhawalpur experimenting growing this high nutrition value crop of quinoa in Pakistan . Some health food stores in major cities of Pakistan have imported quinoa available, though very expensive it is better to pay for healthy food then hospitals.

Quinoa can be creatively used to cook many dishes just like rice or pasta, in soups, salads, ground into flour. Its nutty, delicate and popping structure with a distinct ring of protein upon cooking gives way to endless culinary and create healthy and delicious main course or side dishes http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/quinoa+recipes. Taste totally delicious with a crunch and when flavoured with herbs and spices, or eaten fruits, cream, milk or yogurt for breakfast.

 Here goes my favorite  of  quinoa dish, I serve it as a side to go with baked fish/poultry and vegetable.

Recipe:

1 cup wholegrain quinoa

¼ cup sliced skitake mushroom/any mushroom you get

2 cups vegetable broth

2 tsp sundried tomatoes

½ cups chopped green onions/chives

1 tsp chopped garlic

¼ cup chopped onions (the white part of green onions)

Salt n pepper to taste

1-    Saute the onion and garlic in 1 tbps olive oil, then add mushrooms and  continue sauting.

2-    Now add washed and drained quinoa, salt, and pour broth/liquid ( any would chicken/veg/fish/plain water).

3-    Let it cook like rice on medium flame until all water soaked and quinoa appear fluffy and soft. Now add sundried tomatoes. Before serving add chopped green onions/chives.

4-    Let it cook like rice on medium flame until all water soaked and quinoa appear fluffy and soft. Now add sundried tomatoes. Before serving add chopped green onions/chives.

Quinoa, can be a great nutrient packed cereal as well;

My favorite Quinoa breakfast:

-In a teaspoon of butter in a heated pot add ½ cup washed and drained quino and a cinnamon stick

- stir this for 3-4 minutes on medium flame

- Add 1 cup water and cooked until soft and fluffy

-divide in 2-3 bowls, add warm milk, sliced almond and apple/banana chunks, optional honey/maple syrup or brown sugar

Cooking 5 Star Fish and Seafood Meals at Home

Fish top the list of super foods, a nutrition dense, high protein food choice

 

Fish top the list of super foods, a nutrition dense, high protein food choice. Fish is packed with vitamins and minerals, and a major source of omega-3 fatty acids, fish can help to protect against a range of diseases, from cancer to heart disease, depression to arthritis. Fish are a rich source of vitamins A, D and E, and essential omega-3 fatty acids extremely beneficial for healthy brain, eye and nerve development in babies and children. They are also heart healthy with full research support that eating fish reduces the risk of cancer and arthritis. Two servings of fish a week is good for getting all the benefits that fish offers.

Karachi being a coastal city offers a great harvest of different kind of fish and seafood. As compared to red meat, fish meat are not very expensive. They are easy to cook and can be turned into a range of creative dishes and are cheap if cooked at home. However, in most homecooking with fish, we either deep fry them with spices or make salaans out of it. Often we  rely on pricey restaurants to serve us delicately prepared fish and seafood dishes. Well no harm in it, but it will be more rewarding and easy on our budgets if we learn to cooking few different cooking style of fish and seafood at home and serve the same delicately Italian, French or Mexican style dishes at your own dining table. 

 

So,  this blog is  completely dedicated to sharing some perfected and my favourite recipes that are a regular part of my day to day cooking and when I have guests. Fish taste best when it is cooked using a method that protects its nutrients from destroying. Grilling, pan searing, sauting and  baking are some of my favourite techniques for cooking fish.  I learned these techniques from Chef Instructor Celine, during my course at Natural Gourmet Institute of Culinary Arts. 

I use oven and stove top griller for most of my fish and prawns main courses.

For cooking fish we first need some good fish, and then choose a cooking technique and marination accordingly. 

 Roughly Fish can be categorized into five groups.

Dark and oil rich: anchovies, bluefin tuna, grey mullet, herring, mackerel (Atlantic, Boston, or King), Salmon, farmed or King (Chinook), sardines, skipjack tuna

2. White, lean, and firm: catfish, grouper, haddock, Pacific cod, Pacific halibut, Pacific rockfish, sole, striped, swordfish

I recommend these for most of the grilling

3. Medium color and oil rich:  Coho salmon, mahimahi, paddlefish, pompano, wahoo, yellowfin tuna

4. White, lean, and flaky: Atlantic croaker, sea bass, flounder, rainbow smelt, red snapper, tilapia, rainbow trout, whiting

5. White, firm, and oil rich: albacore tuna, white sea bass, Chilean sea bass, cobia, lake trout, lake whitefish, Pacific escolar, Pacific sablefish, white sturgeon.

For most of the recipes here, I would recommend to go for the easily and fresh available specie from fish markets that includes: red snapper, cod, King fish (surmai), rahu, becti, barracuda. Don’t compromise on quality and associated high price when choosing to cook fish. Fish is one of those things where you just have to pay more to get the best results. Finally if you divide the total cost between servings it will always be 1/4^th or more of what you pay for a similar meal at fine dining restaurants.

 

Oven Baked Red Snapper:

I generally cook this when for 3-4 people with some vegetable, quinoa and pasta sides, makes a totally stunning dinner/lunch. This very delicious over baked red snapper makes a a very healthy, high protein, and low fat main course and can be cooked with any size or kind of hard flesh fish.

I select fresh out of the days catch a big 3 KG red snapper or Kingfish and have it dressed in fillet lengthwise.

Oven Baked Red Snapper

Marination:

1.5-2 Kg of fish fillet either cut in steaks or the whole lengthwise fillet

Juice of 1 big lemon

2 tsp light soya sauce

½ tsp black pepper

1 tsp chillie flakes

minced fresh Cuban Oregano (omit if you don’t find it)

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Salt to taste

Mix all the spices and rub over the fish and leave for 2-3 hours inside the fridge in summers and outside in winters.

Vegetable:

 3 big onions sliced in thick rings

½ KG or 5-6 tomatoes sliced

3 big limes sliced

Chopped fresh oregano (used dried if you cant get fresh)

 Cooking Instructions:

-       Line a baking try with aluminium foil and grease it with extra virgin olive oil. Now spread 3 sliced onion and a 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil/oregano or both

-       Place the sliced tomatoes and limes on top of onions. Sprinkle salt and fresh ground black pepper

-       Now put the marinated fish on top of this bed of vegetable

-       Pre heat over to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Bake in the bottom rack of the over for 20-25 minutes and 7-10 minutes on the top rack with the top griller on, only for browning the top of the fillet.

-       The fish should be all flaky and moist from inside cooked in the marinate and flavoured with juices from the lemon and vegetable beneath.

Serving Idea:

-       Serve the entire baking tray on the table right from the oven putting wooden place mat underneath the tray.

-       For sides you can make wholewheat pasta or quinoa grain with roasted garlic or just stir fried or sauted vegetable.

Grilling Fish and Prawns:

Grilling is one of those techniques of cooking that preserves the nutrition, is quick and brings out  food that is visually pleasant and taste super. Grilling seals the juices and flavours of meat inside leaving it flaky and crispy with the mouth watering grill marks on the outside. A one inch fish steaks should be grilling precisely 5 minutes on each

side until the flesh looks firm and opaque. Stove top griller is the best thing that can happen to me since mostly I cook a limited quantity of meals. In Pakistan Prestige makes stove top griller, they are good enough to cook a grilled meal for 4.

Here goes a couple of great grilled fish recipe:

Grilled Fish Steaks

Grilled fish steaks:

Ingredients:

-       4 steaks or fillet of any firm white fish (red snapper, Kingfish or becti are great choices). Wash and dry excess water using kitchen towel.

Marination:

A delicious steak depends more on the quality and freshness of the meat. I often just use simply black pepper corn sea salt and olive oil/pure butter to marinate steaks, it works great to bring out the natural flavours of the meat.

- 2 tsp garlic paste

-1 tbps light soya sauce

- 1 tsp lemon juice

- 1 tsp red chillies flakes (adjust quantity as per your taste

- ½ tsp ground black peppers

-salt to taste

- chopped fresh dill (soya

- chopped fresh oregano (optional)

-3-4 tbsp virgin olive oil

Cooking instructions:

- mix all spices garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, chillies, soya sauce, olive oil and rub lightly over the steaks and leave to marinate for 2 hours.

- Just before grilling, add chopped oregano

- On a well oiled and heated stove top pan griller or an outdoor griller, grill the steaks/fillet 5 minutes each side for a 1” thick cut. Spray a little olive oil while grilling.

Over cooked fish are never tasty, so just cook for 4-5 minutes on each side. A good fish steak is moist and flaky from inside and lightly crispy from outside.

While serving sprinkle chopped dill and some freshly cracked black pepper, slice of lemon, and sauted/steamed

Grilled Jumbo Prawns:

You can impress and stun your special guests by serving these beautifully grilled and delicately spiced jumbo prawns and simple most recipe. I select the U10 category of freshly caught Jumbo Prawns, these are 7-10 in a KG and 2 in a serving is good enough with some sides. I generally serve  1-2 of them paired with a medium sized fillet of grilled (above recipe) of fish fillet. Makes a big awesome meal.

Ingredients:

Marinate:

1 kg/ 8-10 jumbo prawns U10 washed devined with tail on,

sea salt

Freshly cracked black peppers

 Chopped garlic

Sweet thick soya sauce (omit if you don’t want the sweetish savory taste)

Extra Virgin Cooking Oil

Cooking Instructions:

-Rub all the spices on the prawns and marinate for an hour.

- On a hot oiled stove top grilled put the prawns and grilled them 2-3 minutes in each side.

Serving Ideas:

Serve with stir fried vegetable topped with toasted nuts, or on top of fettucini pasta dressed with a home made anchovy sauce or pesto.

 

Grilled Large Prawns

Seafood Chowder:

Seafood Chowder

A totally hearty, delicate tasting wholesome soup that makes a perfect meal with wholegrain toast for lunch or a starter for dinner.

Ingredients:

-       ½ KG Potatoes peeled and cubed

-       1 medium sized onion

-       A strip of seedweed (optional)

-       1 teaspoon of anchovy paste

-       ½ KG very small shelled shrimps (can use frozen as well)

-       1 cup chopped fish any fish flesh will do, I save the tail part of some odd pieces from the fish when I get them dressed for steaks, and use them for soups.

-       Garlic chopped

-       ½ cup lebaneh (greek yogurt, or saur cream)

-       Salt, pepper

-       Butter 2 tbsp

-       10-12 cups of stalk vegetable/fish/chicken (can use cubes as well), can omit and use plain water if using anchovy paste

Cooking Instructions:

-In a large pan, boil the potatoes, onion, garlic and seaweed, till the potatoes are very mushy.

- While potato is boiling Marinate the fish and shrimps in garlic and salt and sauté them lightly in butter and keep aside.

- Sir in the broth the anchovy paste and using a hand beater or a hand held smoothie blender blend the potato mixture to a thick creamy consistency.

-Now stir in the lebaneh/saur cream, remember cream will raise the calorie count

- let it cook for 5 minutes or until boiling

-Not add the sauted fish and shrimps alongwith the butter in which they are sauted, stir well, let simmer for few minutes.

-Serve piping hot sprinkled with fresh cracked peppers, and a twist of lemon juice
-I sometime save a portion of shrimps, saute them in pure butter and garnish each bowl with 1-2 of these.

Mediterranean Style Fish Stew With Roasted Cashews

This is by far the most fastest cooking fish stew that I ever cooked.

For this you can choose the most cheapest and easily available Panguses, if you don’t want to get pricey cuts of  becti and red snapper.

Ingredients:

-       ½ KG fish fillet bones and skin removed, can use the regular bone in cut as well

-       1 kg ripe red tomatoes chopped

-       1 big onion chopped

-       1 full tbsp fresh chopped garlic

-       ¼ cup pitted olives

-       ¼ cup capers

-       Red chillie flakes

-1 tbsp chopped spring onions or chives

-       ½ copped oregano and basil or at least one of it

-       salt

-       1/3 cup olive oil

-  1/4 cup roasted and chopped cashew nuts for garnishing

Cooking Instructions:

-       wash,  drain and dry fish fillet

-       quote them in garlic and salt and pan sear them for 2 minutes each side set aside.

-       In a big sauce pan sauté the onions when transparent add garlic and sauté until garlic gives out fragrance

-       Now add chopped tomatoes, chillies, and salt, cover the pan and on medium flame, let it cook until tomatoes are all soft and saucy

-       Now add the oregano, basil, olive and fish and let it all cook for another five minutes

-       Garnish with more fresh oregano/basil and capers and chopped cashew nuts

-       Serve with plain boiled rice, garlic friend rice, pasta or quinoa grain.

 Pan Seared Fish/Shrimps

Can be cooked with prawns, shrimps and fish fillet any that you choose to cook with

Ingredients:

-1/2 KG fish/shripms
-1/4 cup chopped Olives
- 4 medium chopped tomatoes
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar

- fresh chopped basil
-2 tbps butter
-salt and red pepper

Cooking Instructions

- Saute onion, garlic in a hot melted butter
-Now add balsamic vinegar and chopped olives
- add the prawns/fish and cook for 5 minutes and add tomatoes
-when the fish turn opaque take off from heat

Serve garnished with dill, chopped basil with sauted vegetable, and pasta.

Pan seared fish cubes with creamed spinach and peas

 

Panseared prawns and becti served with garlic sauted bok choi