Navaga fish - a culinary masterpiece

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Navaga fish (the second name of this wonderful fish is wahnya) belongs to the cod family. It is found most often in the northern seas or in the Pacific waters and is divided into two types: northern and Far Eastern. The first can be found from the coast of Korea to the Bering Strait, the second - near the Arctic coast of Siberia.

Gastronomic properties of navaga

Navaga fish is perfect for dietary and baby food. Most of all, it is suitable for frying, but housewives, showing off their culinary skills, bake it with vegetables, cheese, or even marinate.

Navaga - a fish that is cut frozen so that it does not lose its primary structure and shape. It used to be transported on a sleigh naturally frozen to major cities, but now this tradition is no longer relevant.

Before frying, the head is cut off at the vakhni, the loin is separated, breaded. For breading, mix flour with s alt. Sometimes with the addition of egg yolk. Navaga is fried in vegetable oil or sunflower oil with porkfat (fat). You can take any side dish for such fish, but potatoes in any form would be the best option.

Marinated Navaga fish used to be a very popular traditional Russian snack. It is very easy to prepare, and the taste is simply divine. You need to fry the fish, pour the marinade and insist for about three to four days. Used such a charm with black bread and mustard. You can also put pickles on bread.

Utility of the fish

Navaga fish is very useful. It is rich in vitamins and microelements. Magnesium (Mg), Iodine (I), Calcium (Ca), Potassium (K), Sodium (Na), Zinc (Zn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S), Chlorine (Cl), Iron (Fe), vitamins B1, B2, PP and many others - this is what navaga fish is rich in. Its calorie content is very low, approximately 68.5 calories per 100 grams. The liver of vakhni is especially useful. It is quite fatty and the beneficial substances contained in it have a positive effect on the human body, providing an anti-inflammatory and antihistamine effect. That is why you should include this fish in your diet to raise and strengthen immunity, as well as normalize the activity of the nervous system.

Methods of cooking navaga

First of all, navaga is a fish. The recipes for its preparation are quite simple. Today we will learn how to bake vahnu with vegetables.

Ingredients:

Fish - 1 kg.

Flour - half a cup (for breading)

Onion - 1 pc.

Carrot - 1 piece

Tomatoes - 3 pieces

Sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon

S alt, pepper - to taste

Clove, peppercorns - 1, 2 each.

Preparation:

1. Defrost the fish (to a state of semi-defrosting), gut, cut off the head, wash under running water. Further, as you like, you can bake whole or separate the loin with a knife, dividing it into pieces.
2. Grease a baking sheet with sunflower oil.
3. Prepare flour mixed with s alt and pepper for breading.
4. Chop onions and carrots.

Cooking:

1. Dip each carcass, fillet or piece in flour.
2. Place on a baking sheet and turn over. (This condition is necessary so that the upper part is both in oil and in flour).
3. Lay everything in one layer.
4. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour. (You can cover with foil, but then you need to make two or three holes and open the foil completely in ten minutes).

We repeat that navaga is a fish. Baking recipes are different. Therefore, many people stop at this stage, sprinkling cheese on the fish. But we are preparing an extraordinarily delicious "casserole".

Sweet and sour marinade is the most suitable. For him:

1. We take onion and carrots already cut into rings.
2. Chop the tomatoes in a meat grinder.
3. Put vegetables (except tomatoes) in a preheated pan with preheated vegetable oil, fry until the onion becomes transparent with a golden hue.
4. Pour the tomatoes into the pan and simmer for about 5 minutes with the addition of s alt, sugar, cloves andpepper.

Final stage:

1. Pour the marinade into a baking sheet. It does not need to cover the entire surface of the fish.
2. Place in the oven for another 10 minutes.

Everything is ready. For lovers, you can sprinkle with cheese or finely chopped greens.

The dish is ready. Put the fish on a beautiful plate and serve.

Conclusion

Today we got acquainted with such a wonderful fish as saffron cod. Don't be afraid to experiment with its preparation. Vahny is delicious in any form, and even if it gets cold, your household will be happy to try this delicacy.

Bon appetit to you and your family.