Since our existence, we are struggling not only to get our self more developed, mature and organized, but also to be able to enjoy the fruits of our effort. We have the goal of maintaining our health, beauty and fitness. Organic substances are always better and more nutritious then any inorganic thing a man can ever produce.
Seaweed is a marine plant, rich in vitamins, minerals and has very little calories. Due to a number of health advantages, seaweed is now becoming a part of most of the dishes today.
You may want to try seaweed pizza, which makes a good evening snack and open to a lot of individual experimentation depending upon mood and time. Try these easy seaweed recipes.
For Seaweed Pizza you will need:
INGREDIENTS:
Pizza crust – 1
Olive oil — 2 tsp
Onion — 1 small
Seafood of your choice –1 cup
Cheese – for topping
Seaweed — 3 tsp
Pizza sauce – 4-5 tsp
METHOD:
In a pizza tray, spread pizza crust and cover with pizza sauce, spices, sea food that you like (may include tuna, salmon, shrimps) olive oil and cover it with cheese and seaweed. Nori is the best option that I would like to choose, but you can experiment other seaweeds too. Bake in a pre heated oven at 220 deg for 25 minutes or depending upon the thickness of your pizza crust. Serve hot and fresh
Seaweed is rich in biotin which is an important constituent of vitamin B complex and required by the body for healthier and shiner hair. Vitamin A and bioflavonoids acts as antioxidants and fight against different immune and inflammatory reactions and when served with other vegetables makes an excellent source of nutrition
For diet conscious people some salad recipes are here:
SOME APPETIZERS
Seaweed salad with umeboshi dressing,
It’s a Japanese recipe and you may need Salad leaves, grated carrots, boiled sliced potato, reddish, onion and any other vegetable you like. Soak the slices of arami seaweed in water and to add flavor also add some soy sauce, ginger slice and vinegar in water. 5 to 8 minutes is enough after which you can add other vegetables and sprinkle some and serve with umeboshi sauce.
Purple Potato salad
Ingredients:
Cream – 1 pack
Vinegar – 4-5 tsp
Salt – to taste
Mustard – 2 tsp
Arame seaweed – 1 cup
Purple potato – 3-4
METHOD:
Boil 3 to 4 potatoes until they are soft enough to accommodate a tooth pick, without any resistance. Mesh purple potatoes after removing the skin, you may leave it on if you want to derive more nutrition out of potatoes. Boil arame seaweed for 5 to 8 minutes until soft and mix in a bowl all the ingredients thoroughly until mixed. Serve after garnishing with chopped ginger and cilantro
For meat and seafood lovers, here is another seaweed salad recipe
Wakame seaweed and cucumber salad
Ingredients:
Wakame seaweed — 1 pack
Vinegar — 3 to 4 tsp
Ginger — 3 to 4 tsp
Tuna or salmon or shrimps or any of your favorite meat — 1 cup
Salt — to taste
Cucumber — 2 to 3
METHOD:
Boil wakame seaweed for 5 to 8 minutes or until soft, immerse in cold water to retain color. For extra flavor you may add soy sauce, salt and vinegar. Slice cucumber in a bowl and mix with a few pinches of salt. Boil chicken, crab meat, shrimp or any other seafood you like with salt. Mix in 2 tsp of brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and very little red pepper flacks and after mixing the sauce, add all other ingredients. Mix well and serve after refrigerating for half an hour.
Seaweeds are now becoming very popular, due to the flavor, color and consistency they add to broth. Here are a few soup recipes; you can try during this brutal winter season.
Mother oceans soup recipe
Ingredients:
Onion – 3
Carrots — 2 thickly sliced
Potato — 4
Green vegetables – 1 cup
Seaweed of your choice – 1 cup
Olive oil for cooking
Water — about 10 cups
Beef — 2 cups
Method:
Fry onion until golden brown. Cut all vegetables in pieces and cook until medium done. Prepare beef broth until beef is extra tender and can be shred in threads. Once done, add spices, all vegetables and seaweed in 10 cups of water. Cook until water is half dried up. Serve hot with bread sticks.
You might also want to try Seaweed and mushroom soup
Ingredients:
Shitake mushroom – 8 (soaked in water for 10 minutes, cut into slices)
Soba noodles – 6 oz
Tamari or miso – 1 tsp
Water – as needed
Seaweed (bladderwrack) – 1 cup
Garlic oil – 2 tsp
METHOD:
Soak seaweed (bladderwrack) in water for 5 minutes. Boil 6 cups of water and add garlic oil, seaweed, noodles and salt and cook at high flame until seaweed is soft. For flavor add tamari/miso/soy sauce and serve hot.
SNACKS
Onion Carrot and Hijiki
Ingredients:
Dried hijiki – 1 cup (soaked in water for 15-20 minutes)
Olive oil – 2 tsp
Carrot and onion – 2 each cut in cubes
Tamari – 1 tsp
Method:
Fry onions until brown in a sauce pan and add carrots and hijiki, 1 cup water and tamari. Cook until carrots are soft and serve hot. For flavor you can also add boiled beef shredded in threads.
These simple recipes not only adds flavor to your table but also improves your metabolism and digestive system as well. As an evening snack rolls egg and nori rolls will definitely keeps you satisfied until dinner.
Egg and Nori Rolls:
Ingredients:
Soy sauce: 2 tsp
Wasabi paste – ½ tsp
Eggs – 7-8
Water – ½ cup
Nori seaweed – 3 packs
Carrot – 1 (thin long slices)
Celery – 2 (thin long slices)
Method:
For sauce: Mix in a bowl, ¼ cup of water, soy sauce and wasabi paste.
For rolls:
Take another bowl and add 8 eggs, pinch of salt and left over ¼ cup water and whish until frothy. Now in a separate bowl, mix all the vegetables (carrot, celery, boiled nori sheets and spices of your choice) with soy sauce and set aside. Now heat 2 tsp butter or oil in a sauce pan and pour in about half cup egg mixture like omelet and cook until golden. Make more of such omelets and once all done, add 3 tsp of vegetable mixture on one side of roll sheet and roll the sides. Cut from middle after trimming edges and serve with the wasabi sauce.
DINNER MENU
Wakame Brown Rice
Ingredients:
Wakame seaweed – 1 cup, dried flakes
Brown rice – 1 cup
Water – for cooking rice
Avocado – 1 diced
Sesame seeds – 3 tsp toasted
Butter – 3 tsp
In a pot pour 2.5 cups water and heat until boil, add rice, salt and butter and cook on medium flame for 35 minutes, until cooked. After soaking wakame seaweed for 5 minutes in water, mix in cooked rice with avocado and sesame seed and cook ob low flame for 5 minutes. Serve hot
Vegetable Mermaid Pasta
Ingredients:
Fresh Mushrooms: 5 soaked in water for 8 minutes
Wakame seaweed – 1 pack (soaked in water for 5-8 minutes)
Baby bok choy – 3-4 tsp
Scallions – 2-3 thick slices
Vegetables of your choice (carrot, zucchini, bell pepper) – 1 each, thin slices
Kelp noodles – 1 pack
METHOD:
Prepare Kelp noodles in warm water and after cooking drain water. Cut into edible portions, wakame seaweed and mushroom and combine with vegetables and baby bok choy and scallions and mix with noodles. Serve after pouring dressing
Dressing can be prepared by heating in a sauce pan sesame oil, lemon juice, brown sugar, garlic and ginger paste with salt and pepper.
Try these simple and nutritious dishes and save your time and energy.
I hope you enjoyed these easy seaweed recipes!
