Maldives Seafood

Lobster
Do you know that Lobster changes its outer shell when it grows ?This is Molting and a new shell grows over it .Like growing a new shell after leaving from its body it can also re grow legs and claws that have fallen.
They live on rocky bottoms like coral reefs, on sandy beaches and [...]

Seafood are Fish, Shellfish and Seaweed

Seafood is divided into 3 main categories - Fish, Shellfish and Seaweed.
Fish are one of the main food resources for humans and many other creatures. Among them are Salt water and fresh water fish.
Salt-water fish lives in the sea in salt water. Some of them makes their home in coral [...]

Echinoderms

Sea cucumber and Sea urchin belongs to the group Echinoderms.
Sea cucumber.

It is a sea food belonging to the group Echinoderms.This is mostly used by Asians to eat .
It is found on the sea floor world wide.In Maldives it live at the bottom of shallow lagoons and reefs where there are corals and sea [...]

Hot and Spicy Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish dishes are also made in different ways like other seafood dishes. Hot n spicy cuttlefish is a dish with extra hot for those who wish to make their lunch or dinner really enjoyable.

Ingredients:

500g cuttlefish (cut into 1 inch cubes)
2 large onions (sliced) [...]

Amazing Crabs

Crabs are an amazing animal from the same group of lobster called crustaceans. Like other crustaceans, these are boneless and their bodies are covered with a hard shell that protects its internal bodies.

These little creatures has many attributes that can adapt many changing environments. Although, most of them live in Oceans, sometimes they [...]

Facts about Yellowfin Tuna

English: Yellowfin Tuna.
Latin: Thunnus albacores.
Dhivehi (Maldives language): Reedhoo uraha Kanneli.
Normal size: 3 ft to 5 ft
Usual weight: Between 5-60 kg.
Biggest Fish Caught: 175 kgs, Mexico 1977 by Curt Wiesenhutter.
Catching Areas: It is found every where in open waters of Maldives.

Around the world:
36% Western Pacific
26% Eastern Pacific
24 % [...]

Yellowfin tuna recipes can be prepared in many ways. It depends on your personality; which ever method I can probably say it will be tasty and healthy as well.
One of my favorite method is grilling. Grilling is something very simple and easy. It can be grilled in many ways. Ok, Lets grill some tuna fillets.
Grilled [...]

Here’s two ways you can prepare tuna mushroom pizza.(seafood pizza)
Making the pizza dough
1 cup warm water(105-115F)
3 cups all-purpose flour(but bread flour will give u a crisp one)
3 tbsp olive oil or 2 tbsp butter
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
Add salt,sugar and yeast into warm water and keep it for about 10 minutes.
Mix flour and [...]

Ingredients:
4 red mullet
1 onion
4 clove garlic
2 inch ginger
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp chili powder
salt to taste
oil for shallow frying
Scale the fish and make gashes on both sides of the fish.
Grind all the other ingredients to a smooth paste leaving the fish and oil aside.
Rub the fish with the paste and leave about 1 hour.
Heat [...]

It’s quite easy to grill a fish and it is tasty as well.
Ingredients:
Fish of your choice.Reef fish are best and my favourite is red snappers.
For the chili paste;
50g dried chillies
20g onion
4 clove garlic
1 tsp black pepper corns
2 curry leaves
2 tsp lime juice
Salt to taste
Remove the scales and stomach, leaving the fish whole with its head.
Make [...]