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Steamed Sea Bass with Ginger

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Fish Recipe

Steamed Sea Bass with Ginger

Steamed Sea Bass, photo by Arnold Gamboa

 

Ingredients:

  • 4 whole sea bass, gutted and de-scaled

For the marinade:

  • · 4 tbsp sake (rice wine or dry sherry)
  • · 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • · 2 tbsp lime juice
  • · 1 tbsp honey
  • · 1 tsp sesame oil
  • · 1 tbsp oil
  • · 7.5cm (3in) piece ginger, finely sliced
  • · 6 spring onions, finely sliced
  •  Sliced tomatoes

 

Method of  Preparation

1. Pat the fish dry with kitchen paper towel.  Sprinkle a little salt and rub it onto the skin.  Carefully score the fish on both sides.

2. Mix the sake, soy sauce, lime juice, honey and sesame oil together in a bowl until combined, set aside this marinade for the moment.

3. To prevent the fish from sticking to the steamer, line it with baking parchment.

4. Place the ginger inside the scores or slits on the fish, then place the fish into the steamer.

5. Pour over the marinade all over the fish.  Cover the steam.

6. Boil plenty of water in a large plan appropriate for the size of the steamer, turn down the heat to medium and then place the steamer on top and leave to cook, covered, for 10 to 12 minutes.

7. Serve the fish with the juices and sprinkling of chopped spring onions and sliced tomatoes.

8. Serve immediately with some boiled rice and dip of fish sauce with kalamansi.

Ginger & It’s Healing Power

FLORA

Again and again I would buy ginger and then store it in the fridge. When I remember to use them, I find that they have gone funny – dried up or gone off.

I found a very good tip from Keep Calm and Cook On book about how to store ginger properly. Apparently it is wise to cut a root ginger into pieces in the size you would normally use for slicing, grating, chopping etc. Freeze these and when you need a piece or two then defrost what you need. Ginger keep well in the freezer and defrost easily.

Win win, I would say!!!

Below was a Facebook share which I thought was very relevant to know and therefore needed to be highlighted.

IMG_008510 Health Benefits of Ginger
1. Ovarian cancer treatment
2. Colon cancer prevention
3. Morning sickness relief
4. Motion sickness remedy
5. Reduces pain and inflammation
6. Heartburn relief
7. Prevention of diabetic
nephropathy
8. Migraine relief
9. Menstrual cramp relief
10. Cold and flu prevention

According to my Book of Spells, ginger can make physical exertion easier, it can improve health in general and also has a lucky property that blesses your effort with success in many directions.

The ginger oil is a sensual oil that can bring prosperity and the courage to face up to awkward situations.

Apparently the great mathematician Pythagoras, can’t recommend enough the healing powers of ginger.  He recommended ginger as good for the digestive health as well as cure for snakebites.

Good old ginger!

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

Herbs

The Ancient Greeks believed that ginger helps with digestion problems. They also used ginger as an antidote to  poisoning.

ginger

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

Ginger has been claimed to decrease the pain from arthritis, though studies have been inconsistent. It may also have blood thinning and cholesterol lowering properties that may make it useful for treating heart disease.

Preliminary research also indicates that nine compounds found in ginger may bind to human serotonin receptors, possibly helping to affect anxiety.

Advanced glycation end-products are possibly associated in the development of several pathophysiologies, including diabetic cataract for which ginger was effective in preliminary studies, apparently by acting through antiglycating mechanisms.

Ginger compounds are active against a form of diarrhea which is the leading cause of infant death in developing countries. Zingerone is likely to be the active constituent against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin-induced diarrhoea.

Ginger has been found effective in multiple studies for treating nausea caused by seasickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy though ginger was not found superior over a placebo for pre-emptively treating post-operative nausea. Ginger is a safe remedy for nausea relief during pregnancy.

Ginger as a remedy for motion sickness is still a debated issue. The television program Mythbusters performed an experiment using one of their staff who suffered from severe motion sickness. The staff member was placed in a moving device which, without treatment, produced severe nausea. Multiple treatments were administered. None, with the exception of the ginger and the two most common drugs, were successful. The staff member preferred the ginger due to lack of side effects. Several studies over the last 20 years were inconclusive with some studies in favor of the herb and some not.

A common thread in these studies is the lack of sufficient participants to yield statistical significance. Another issue is the lack of a known chemical pathway for the supposed relief.

– Wikepedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger