Seafood is a delicious, tasty, and healthy meal you can have either self-made at home or taken in a restaurant. It is the type of food you’ll never give up easily, no matter how regular you take it.

From prawns to different kinds of fish or salmon, seafood is the best ingredient for making salads, soups, curries, and much more as long as you have the perfect ingredients and follow the right recipe. You can grill, bake, deep fry, or shallow fry. It depends on your taste and preference. Here are some eight recipes you can try.

1. Steamed Crabs

Steamed prawns can be taken as a meal course or as an accompaniment. If you want something light, then this is the perfect meal. You’ll need some crab legs, ¾ cup of water, four tablespoons of butter, and some lemon juice for the ingredients. Put the trivet in the pot and boil, add the crabs’ legs, and then water and boil. You’ll have to set the instant pot to manual high pressure, then cook for two minutes. Place the contents on the serving plate, spray it with lemon water and butter, and then serve.

2. Prawn Pollichathu

You’ll need prawns, chili powder, turmeric powder, lime juice, and other spices in this recipe. First, you need to marinate the prawns with lime juice, turmeric, and salt. Heat the pan, and then crackle mustard and fenugreek seeds before adding other ingredients and prawns. Cook for five minutes, remove the lid then continue cooking for another five minutes. Add salt to taste and serve.

3. Mussels with Lemongrass

You can take this seafood with some rice or noodles. For the ingredients, you’ll need mussels in serving pieces, lemongrass, spring onions, salt, black pepper, oil, red chili, sugar, source, and roasted peanuts. Prepare the lemongrass, and then slice them with spring onions. Mix the mixture with mussels, salt, and pepper and leave them for 30 minutes. Add oil to the wok, heat, then add chilies and heat them on moderate heat for 10 minutes. Then Season with sugar, pepper, and peanuts before adding fish sauce. Toss the mixture to distribute evenly, then serve.

4. Lobster Malay Curry

The key ingredients to this seafood include lobster, coconut milk, sugar, salt, ginger paste, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, and cloves. To prepare, de-shell the lobsters, then put the shell in boiling water for an hour to create stock. Cut the lobster meat into serving pieces and marinate with coconut milk, sugar, salt, and ginger. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Heat the oil, add onion paste, salt, ginger paste, garlic paste, and green chili paste in that order. Cook until brown, and then add tomato puree, then cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves. Simmer for 7 minutes, then add the marinated crab and stock, then cook for 8 minutes.

5. Pan-Seared Salmon with Dill Sauce

In this recipe, you will need canola oil, salmon fillets, Italian seasoning and salt, reduced-fat plain yogurt, reduced-fat mayonnaise, finely chopped cucumber, and snipped fresh dill. To cook, heat oil in a large pan on medium heat, sprinkle salmon, salt, and Italian seasoning. Place the skillet with the skin down, then reduce the heat to medium.

Cook for five minutes on each side to ensure every part gets cooked well. In a bowl, blend the yogurt, cucumber, dill, and mayonnaise, then serve with salmon. You can serve the sauce with baked or roasted potatoes.

6. Herb-Roasted Salmon Fillets

When you have an hour less to cook, Herb-Roasted Salmon Fillets comes in handy. You’ll need salmon fillets, minced garlic cloves, minced fresh rosemary, olive oil, chopped fresh thyme, salt, and pepper in this recipe. To prepare:

– Preheat the oven to 425°, then add salmon in a greased baking pan with its skin down.
– Put the other ingredients in the fillets, and then roast for 15-18 minutes.
– Serve when hot.

7. Grilled Lemon-garlic Salmon

The grilled lemon-garlic sermon is a favorite meal to the people of Michigan. You’ll need minced garlic cloves, grated lemon zest, salt, minced fresh rosemary, pepper, and salmon fillets to prepare this. For the steps, you need to mix the ingredients then rub them over the salmon fillets. Coat the grill with cooking oil, then place salmon on the grill rack with its skin side up. Heat for approximately six minutes until the salmon starts to flake, then remove and serve.

8. Grilled Tilapia Piccata

If you are a fish eater, you don’t want to miss this recipe. You will need minced fresh basil, tilapia fillets, salt, pepper, grated lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, minced cloves, and drained capers. To prepare, mix lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, and oil in a bowl until blended, then add capers and basil. Brush the tilapia with basil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the tilapia until ready, and then serve.

With seafood, you can’t go wrong with healthy eating and having a low-calorie diet. These recipes are also easy to prepare and can’t take much of your time. We do hope the recipe will help you in coming up with something special for your family.