Heart diseases can creep in unannounced if you continue to live a sedentary lifestyle and eat unhealthy food. Here are two delicious and healthy recipes that are wonderful for your cardiac health.

Taking care of your heart is important in this fast-paced lifestyle where people neither get time to exercise nor to cook a nourishing meal. As the heart attack cases in youth are on rise, one should modify their diet to add foods that are good for your heart.

One can include a variety of healthy foods in their cardiac diet from seasonal fruits, vegetables, seeds, whole grains, seafood, poultry, salmon, tuna, beans, lentils, peas, fat-free milk among many others. On the other hand foods that are high in sugar, salt and saturated fats must be avoided wherever possible. One should avoid eating deep-fried stuff and prefer to stir-fry, steam or boil. (Also read: Heart health tips: Lifestyle changes to prevent heart attacks)

Here are two heart-healthy dishes shared by Dr Meghana Pasi, Nutrition Consultant at MyThali, Arogya World.

Steamed Karuppu Fish (black pomfret)

Mix the spices – Turmeric powder, chilli powder, pepper, salt, lemon juice and marinate the fish and keep it for a while. Place the fish in a steamer lined with banana leaf and steam the fish in a for 5-7 mins.

Ingredients for the sauce: Coconut oil, coconut milk, curry leaves, shallots, chilli, ginger and garlic paste, tomato, pepper, salt as per taste, lemon juice. Prepare the coconut curry in coconut oil. Sauté onion, ginger garlic paste, green chilli, tomato puree and add pepper powder and salt. Once it is cooked well, add coconut milk and cook for some more time.

Pour the curry on the steamed fish. Garnish with chopped bell peppers, carrot and onion rings with a dash of lemon.