Radish is a product that was consumed in Russia as a festive meal and everyday food. Today, this vegetable is no longer very popular. However, it is worth paying attention to this root crop, because it has many useful properties. Radish is rich in substances that can maintain the body in good condition, give strength, energy. The sections of the article are devoted to the features of cooking vegetables and dishes from it.
Varieties of radish and its useful qualities
All types of root vegetables (white, pink, black and green) have a beneficial effect on human health. Each of the varieties has characteristics characteristic only for it. From radish recipes involve the use of its various types. Daikon (a vegetable that has a white color) is not too bitter and does not have an invigorating effect. However, it contains many useful substances. The green root vegetable is quite juicy, sweet, and the black radish is quite tart. The latter variety is considered very useful.
It helps fight cough, joint pathologies. In addition, black radish recipes are recommended for people with reduced appetite. However, such a root crop is contraindicated in persons with gastrointestinal ulcer, liver and heart diseases.
Tips for using vegetables for cooking
There are different food options from this product: hotter, salads, soups. Culinary specialists use it in combination with beef pulp or chicken. The root crop is also prepared with other vegetables and fruits, for example, pumpkin, fresh cucumbers, beets, apples, carrots. It goes well with mushrooms. There are many options for dishes with radish, there are many recipes with photos. However, to make the product tasty, you need to know a few culinary secrets. For example, if the root crop has an overly spicy taste, it can be mixed with sour cream, vegetable fat or unsweetened yogurt.
Pre-soak the vegetable in cool water to remove the bitterness.
Different types of radish salads include many other ingredients. Examples of snacks include the following:
- Traditional Karelian dish (root vegetable mixed with sour berries and vegetable fat).
- Grated radish with kvass, slices of fried bread and onion greens.
- Black vegetable appetizer with garlic and bacon.
- Root vegetable salad with dried grapes, vegetable fat and a little honey.
- Stewed radish with the addition of onion, sesame and red pepper in ground form. Watered appetizer with soy dressing.
- Grated root vegetables mixed with sugar, salt, sauerkraut and vegetable fat.
And this is not a complete list of dishes. Several recipes are described in detail in the sections of the article.
Boiled radish salad
To prepare this dish you need the following products:
- Ground allspice.
- A large spoon of honey.
- Radish of medium size.
It is necessary to remove the peel from the root crop. Leave for a quarter of an hour in a plate with cool water. Then the radish is boiled until it softens. When the vegetable cools, it is ground on a grater. The root vegetable should be combined with honey in liquid form and pepper. A recipe for this kind of radish is very simple to prepare. In addition, it has useful qualities.
Okroshka
The composition of the dish includes the following ingredients:
- Two potatoes.
- 1 liter of kefir.
- 200 grams of beef flesh.
- The radish is white.
- Fresh cucumber.
- A little greens (onions and dill).
- Lemon juice.
- Salt.
- 2 eggs.
In the summer, a okroshka with radish is a pleasant, healthy and refreshing dish. According to a recipe of this type, it is prepared as follows. The potato must be rinsed and cooked without peeling. Peel the cucumber. This vegetable should be chopped in small squares. Hard-boiled onions and eggs are peeled and cut into small pieces. Grind the radish with a grater, add lemon juice to it to remove the bitterness. The pulp of boiled beef is chopped into cubes. All products necessary for okroshka are put in a bowl, kefir is added.
The dish must be sprinkled with salt and pre-chopped dill.
Roasted meat with radish
The following products are required for cooking:
- Half a kilogram of beef pulp.
- A little vegetable fat.
- 2 large spoons of soybean dressing.
- One and a half cups of broth.
- A few grains of sesame seeds.
- 50 grams of chopped radish.
- Clove of garlic.
- A few branches of dill.
Cook the meat on fire with a small amount of vegetable fat.
Then a glass of broth is added to it and stewed for some more time. When the beef softens, soy dressing and radish are added to it. You need to sprinkle the dish with chopped garlic and sesame seeds. Then the remainder of the broth is poured into it and stewed on the stove for about seven minutes. The dish is sprinkled with pre-chopped dill.
Lagman
The composition of the dish includes the following ingredients:
- About a kilogram of beef pulp.
- Onion head.
- The radish is green.
- Tomatoes (at least 4 pieces).
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- 400 grams of noodles for cooking lagman.
- Bell pepper.
- 4 potatoes.
- Common salt.
- Some spices.
- Carrot (1 root crop).
- Greens.
- Four large spoons of vegetable fat.
One of the most healthy vegetables is green radish. There are many recipes with the addition of this root crop. One of them is lagman, a well-known dish of Uyghur cuisine.
Prepare it as follows.
Beef pulp should be rinsed and chopped into cubes. The onion head and radish are peeled and cut into squares, carrots and peppers - into slices.
In a pot with dense walls, you need to put a little vegetable fat. This dish cooks meat and the above vegetables. Then you should add spices and table salt, a little more stew the ingredients. Peel the potatoes and cloves of garlic, chop. Tomatoes need to be rinsed and chopped. These vegetables are combined with other products. It is necessary to pour a little boiling water into the bowl and cook the dish until the potatoes soften.
Boil the noodles and mix it with meat and vegetables. Lagman can be sprinkled with herbs.
The use of radishes for medicinal purposes
The root crop, which is discussed in the article, is used as a folk method of therapy to get rid of the symptoms of various pathologies. For example, it is used as a medicine to improve immunity, fight diseases of the digestive tract, blood vessels. Several types of cough radishes can be taken for the treatment of colds in both adult patients and children.
Several of these tools are described in this chapter. Here is one of them. A large root crop must be washed and a hole formed in its upper part, in which a large spoonful of honey is placed in liquid form. You should wait until juice begins to stand out from the vegetable. It is consumed 3 times a day before meals. The recommended dosage is one large spoon for 1 dose.
Black cough prescription can be made differently. A pre-washed root vegetable is ground on a grater along with the skin. You need to squeeze the juice with gauze and mix it with honey. The product is poured into a sealed container and kept in a cold place.