8 Reasons You Should Add Seafood To Your Diet & 2 Bengali Recipies -

Reasons You Should Add Seafood To Your Diet–

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Seafood is a high-protein food that is low in calories, total fat, and saturated fat. High in vitamins and minerals, it has been shown to have numerous health benefits. Recent studies have shown that eating seafood can decrease the risk of heart attack, stroke, obesity, and hypertension.

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Health Benefits of Eating Sea Food

LEAN SOURCE OF PROTEIN: Sea Fish and Prawns are a good and lean source of protein. They have a complete protein profile, which means it includes all nine amino acids in the right proportion for the body to function properly. In fact, 100 grams of prawns/sea-fish contains about 25 grams of protein, approximately the same as a similar amount of chicken.

LOW IN CALORIES: Sea Fish and Prawns are extremely low in calories. The same 100 grams of sea-food contains only about 115 calories. Chicken contains about twice as much and mutton about three times as much.

HEALTHY FOR HEART: Sea Fish and Prawns have a healthy fat profile because they contain almost three times more Omega 3 Fatty Acids than they do Omega 6 Fatty Acid. Studies have shown that foods with high amounts of Omega 3 are associated with reduced risk of heart attacks and lower blood pressure. In fact, the cholesterol contained in Sea Fish and prawns is vital for a healthy diet.

SOURCE OF VITAMIN B: Sea Fish and Prawns are a great source of Vitamins B-6, B-12, and Niacin, which help the body produce energy, build muscle and replenish red blood cells. And it’s one of the reasons you should add seafood to your diet.

SOURCE OF IRON: Sea Fish and Prawns contain significant amounts of iron, a mineral that is essential for the body to effectively distribute oxygen. And because it is in only a few types of food, iron deficiencies that cause severe exhaustion are surprisingly widespread, especially for women.

IMPROVE THE IMMUNITY: Sea Fish and Prawns are a rich source of selenium, one of the most effective antioxidants at maintaining healthy cells. They also contain high levels of Zinc, which is important to develop a healthy immune system. One of the reasons you should add seafood to your diet.

HELP BUILD BONES: Eating Sea Fish and Prawns helps build strong bones because they contain phosphorous, copper, and magnesium.

NO HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS OR FILLER: One of the biggest concerns about meat sources is whether or not they have been fed hormones or antibiotics during their life and if they have been processed with chemical fillers. Seafood, on the other hand, is normally wild-caught and does not contain hormones, antibiotics, or filler.

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Two Authentic Bengali Seafood Recipes by Mrs. Swapna Dey.

Steamed King Prawns AKA Bhagda Chingdi

steamed king praws, Reasons You Should Add Seafood To Your Diet

Ingredients:

Tiger Prawns about 300 grams.
Raw Mustard Seeds about a tablespoonful.
Green Chillies about 6-8, grind 4 of them and rest whole.
Salt and Turmeric Powder.

The Preparation:

Dress the raw prawn properly.
Wash them and lightly pat them with a clean cloth.
Grind raw mustard seeds.
Marinate the prawns with ground mustard, mustard oil, green chili (ground and whole both), salt, turmeric powder.
Now put them on steam for 5 mins, be careful not to let the steam escape. Prawns don’t require water added to them while cooking.
Let it cook for 5 minutes. Serve hot.
Steamed Prawns is an authentic Bengali dish and is served with steamed rice.

Bogabata Fish Fry AKA Boga Labeo Fish Fry

bogabata Fish Fry, Reasons You Should Add Seafood To Your Diet

Ingredients:

Boga Labeo Fish 700 grams
Freshly Ground Onion Paste 3 tablespoonful
Green Chillies about 6-8, grind 4 of them and rest whole
Shredded Coriander Leaves for garnish
Black Cumin Seeds
Salt and Turmeric

The Preparation:

Dress the fish properly and cut 1-inch cross-section pieces.
Wash them in running water. Set upon a flat sieve to drain for five minutes.
Marinate with salt and turmeric powder.
Now half-fry them in mustard oil in a non-stick flat base pan.

Next, take a generous amount of freshly ground onion paste. Now heat mustard oil in a moderate amount in a Cauldron.
Sprinkle black cumin seeds on heated oil
After half a minute add the onion paste. Wait a minute, add salt and turmeric powder and let it go cinnamon-brown in color.

Now add green chilies both half mashed and half whole for flavor.
Add 60ml of water. Add fried fish pieces and put the lid on. After 10 minutes of cooking add shredded coriander leaves and put the lid on again for 2-3 minutes.

Fish is now ready to be served. It is an authentic Bengali dish and served as a side dish with steamed rice.

Seafood is known to be healthy for the heart and can ward off a number of lifestyle ailments if consumed regularly in moderation. Also considering a variety of ways in which it can be cooked, lends it a versatile profile.

The credit for the recipes goes to Mrs. Swapna Dey. Born and brought up in Kolkata. She is a Bengali by birth and a foodie by passion. Having a Masters in Hospital Management and well versed in 5 languages, she runs her own Instagram Cooking Channel at kitchennette_de_swapna/.

Team FITrebel thanks Mrs. Swapna Dey for lending us her authentic Bengali recipes and sparing her time to make this article happen. We wish her all the best for her future endevours.

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