Amazing Life By Food Eps 1

Let's share some of the advantages of the basic ingredients that we use constantly while cooking. Right now I want to share some of the basics first before starting again in the future .....

Shallots


Shallot is an indispensable item in the prepared dishes either cooked or made ​​studs. Eating shallots every day can help the growth of bone tissue and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. In addition, Shallot also reduce high blood pressure, extend life, prevent cancer of the stomach, blood thinning, prevent heart attack, stroke, reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and reduce sugar levels for diabetics.


Onion


Onions are available in fresh, frozen, canned, pickled or dried. In use in every dish, sauces, stews, soups, fresh salads or decorative material trading. Onion peel more easily if soaked in boiling water for 10 seconds and then dipped in cold water before the skin peeled. To avoid watery eyes when peeling, it is best to first washed with cold water or put it in the fridge for 10 minutes before peeling. Another way is the cut under running water or let it get wet when cutting.


Garlic


Garlic has a strong aroma and sharp as a blend of spicy, bitter and slightly sour depending on the type of cuisine. Garlic can increase the aroma of cooking meat, fish and vegetable. If want to buy garlic, make sure the head is dry and still hidden in the skin. If the grass looks green roots, it means that garlic is too old or not dried properly. Garlic is too old to continue creasing even with just a gentle touch.



Sesame


Sesame seeds are used as flavouring in foods and medium-sweet taste. Sesame roasted or fried in hot oil before mixing with other foods. It also serves as a decorative material for bread, biscuits, cakes and 'roll' well used in the gravy, mix ingredients, rice pilaf, sugary foods and fried dishes. High oil content and can be easily damaged if exposed to high temperatures. Sesame effective to rejuvenate the body, good for the liver and spleen and ideal for those who suffer from anaemia.


Candlenut

Candlenut widely used in the cuisine of Indonesia and Malaysia as a sauce thickener. It is ground into a paste with other spices to thickening and curry flavors. Candlenut should be cooked before being eaten, because of high toxic contents when raw. Put the fruit is finely crushed hard into cooking meat to soften as well as enhancing fat dish..






Nutmeg

Fill ch elate nutmeg and sour to eat in the fresh state, it is processed to make candy, candy, and candied orange. The seeds are dried and used as a spice. Spice of the seeds used in the preparation of a variety of foods such as sauces and ketchup, as spices, flavouring's for cakes and milk-based dishes. Content and seeds and nutmeg oil contains a different flavor. These oils can produce oil ointments and perfumes.



Star Anise


Star anise is one of the ingredients in Chinese five spice powder. It is used either in the original or just the parts to add flavor to dishes of meat and other livestock in the long simmer to produce a strong aroma. Ground star anise is used in cooking to enhance the aroma of smoked dish. Also used in curry dishes, and drink tea. Star anise is believed to help digest food and relieve chest pain, sore bones and bloating.




Cloves


Cloves have a sharp taste, strong, sweet, windy, bitter and ch elate. The smell is the most piercing of other spices to leave a numbing effect in the mouth. Cloves purchased good in its original form as a powder quickly deteriorated taste. Range cloves are often used in cooking rice beriyani, and is often used with cumin seed and bark. To ensure good quality cloves, put it in a cup of water. Cloves of good will float vertically while the bad will sink or float horizontally.



Coriander

Coriander is warm in nature, nuts, spices, and lots of orange. It is available in the form of seeds or ground. Ground coriander seeds quickly lose its taste when stored. Coriander and serve as a thickening ingredient of Indian cuisine. When the simmer, it drinkable as sneezing traditional medicine. Coriander seeds are also used to pickle vegetables, bread, sausages, beer in the other countries of Asia. It should be stored in airtight plastic to maintain quality.




See plenty of advantages of basic food ingredients as above. But remember you do not take these substances to excess. It also has to fit with our dishes. Remember every thing used in excess can harm us ...

Thank you for sharing...to be continued..