Carrots are a tasty and healthy vegetable. It is the main component of a wide variety of dishes: soups, side dishes, gravy and sauces, casseroles and salads. One of the most popular in our country is the appetizer "Carrot in Korean." She was loved by consumers with her spicy taste and pleasant aroma. We will talk more about this dish in this article. You will learn the history of the origin of the salad, recipes for its preparation at home. We will not ignore the calorie content of carrots in Korean, its energy value, which will be very useful for those who care about their health and follow the figure. We hope this article will inspire you to prepare delicious snacks from healthy orange vegetables.
Historical facts
Before we tell you how to cook carrots in Korean at home, let me introduce you to the history of this appetizer. Her "ancestor" is a salad "Gimchi", which was prepared in Korean restaurants. Mandatory ingredient in it, in addition to carrots, was Beijing cabbage. But since this vegetable was not grown in the Soviet Union, the culinary specialists of our country simply excluded it from the recipe. Thus, a completely new and very tasty salad was invented.
Today, this dish can already be purchased at almost any store, and on the market too. And you can buy separately seasoning for the preparation of this snack, and conjure with the ingredients in the kitchen. It includes all the necessary components in a ground form. But many hostesses prefer to cook carrots (the so-called salad in Central Asia) from natural products and spices. Today we will consider a couple of recipes for this spicy snack, but first we will discuss the benefits and calories of the product.
Nutritional and energy value
The calorie content of Korean carrots is 112.6 kcal per 100 grams.
Energy value: proteins - 4%, fats - 66%, carbohydrates - 32%.
This dish can be safely called supervitaminized. It contains a huge number of useful trace elements: starch, ash, mono- and disaccharides, organic acids. In addition, there are vitamins of the groups PP, H (biotin), E, C, B9 (folic acid), A, B2 (riboflavin). The mineral substances that make up the dish are almost the entire Mendeleev system: iron, nickel, aluminum, lithium, boron, chromium, manganese, cobalt, copper, iodine, zinc, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and others.
Benefits for the body
Korean carrots (homemade), or rather, its use, contribute to the improvement of the digestive tract, increasing the secretion of gastric juice and increasing appetite. Fiber, which is part of an orange vegetable, helps fight obesity and normalizes metabolism. Vitamins B and C help strengthen the walls of blood vessels and capillaries. Carrots are very rich in carotene. Once in the body, it turns into vitamin A, which has a beneficial effect on the health of the skin, nails and hair. Carotene is essential for maintaining good vision. In addition, carrots should be taken during the period of viral and infectious diseases as a means of strengthening immunity.
Based on the foregoing, we conclude: hostesses who care about the health of their households just need to learn how to cook a vitamin dish from carrots. In addition, it is not only healthy, but also tasty. So, how to cook Korean carrots at home? We offer a couple of simple recipes.
Method number 1 (classic)
The calorie content of carrots is small in Korean (you yourself were convinced of this by studying the information in the previous part of the article), so you can safely eat it even for those who care about a slim figure. To prepare a savory snack you will need the following ingredients:
- 0.5 kilograms of fresh carrots;
- 100 g onions;
- 100 g of refined sunflower oil;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 0.5 tsp. ground black and red pepper;
- 1 tsp ground coriander;
- 3 tbsp. l vinegar (6%);
- 1 tsp Sahara;
- 0.5 tsp salt.
Grind carrots on a special grater. Pour it into a deep container, salt and gently knead it with your hands. Leave the workpiece for half an hour so that the vegetable starts up the juice. Cut the onion into pieces and fry in oil. Drain the liquid from the carrots. Squeeze garlic, sugar, pepper, vinegar and coriander into a container. Pour all the products with oil from the pan, while you do not need to put the onion itself in the salad. Stir the dish and leave to infuse for 2-3 hours. If necessary, the snack can be salted. Serve the salad chilled with meat, fish or vegetable dishes.
Method number 2 (holiday)
Korean carrots with asparagus are incredibly tasty and healthy. The interesting taste of the salad will surely appeal to everyone who tries it for the first time. To prepare it, you need such products:
- 1 kg of carrots;
- 300 g soy asparagus ;
- 1 onion;
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil;
- 1 Korean carrot seasoning bag
- 4-5 pcs. cloves of garlic;
- salt, vinegar (9%) and sugar to taste.
In salted water, boil asparagus, strain and cool. We clean the raw carrots and rub them with straws. Pour it with sugar and salt, knead with hands. The emitted liquid is drained. We pour a bag of seasoning on the workpiece, squeeze the garlic here. Spray the salad with vinegar. Finely chop the asparagus and mix with carrot. Chop the onion and fry in oil until golden brown. Pour only hot liquid into the salad. Mix the workpiece and leave to infuse for several hours. Despite the frying, the calorie content of Korean carrots prepared in this way is low, so use it without fear to spoil your figure. Enjoy your meal!