Description of a multi-tiered onion, its useful properties, contraindications for use. Dish recipes. What you need to know so as not to get upset when you first meet the variety. Disinfecting properties are manifested not only when eaten, but also when used externally. Onion juice of this variety is an alternative to antiseptics, which contain alcohol.
Harm and contraindications to the use of multi-tiered onions
Since horned onions are eaten raw, they have a pronounced effect on the body, especially on the digestive tract.
In order not to harm yourself and your family, you should take into account the contraindications for its inclusion in the diet:
- Exacerbation of gastritis with high acidity and peptic ulcer.
- History of pancreatitis and especially in the acute stage.
- Individual intolerance, the development of an allergic reaction to the use of any vegetable from the Amaryllis family - garlic also belongs to this group of allergens.
A relative contraindication for the use of multi-tiered onions is nervous irritability. It should also be borne in mind that if the main purpose of using the product is medicinal, then the temperature may rise if abused.
Tiered Onion Recipes
To prepare dishes from multi-tiered onions, air bulbs and green feathers are used. Bubbles are used in marinades, feathers are mainly used in salads.
Egyptian Onion Recipes:
- Layered onion salad with egg … Onion feathers are finely chopped, mixed with chopped eggs, seasoned with olive oil or mayonnaise. If you use mayonnaise, you can do without salt. Approximate Ingredient Content: 2 eggs and 2/3 cup chopped feathers.
- Beet salad with tiered onions … Grated raw and boiled beets are mixed in 1/2 proportions, finely chopped feathers of multi-tiered onions are added, seasoned with sunflower oil, and salted. You can add sugar for flavor. Experimenting with sour cream is not worth it - a pronounced laxative effect appears.
- Spicy onion salad … Ingredients: a bunch of tiered onion feathers, a head of onion, seasonings - Korean pepper, ground black pepper, salt, sugar, vinegar. Cut onion feathers into 2-3 pieces, cut white onions into rings, soak in cold water for about 20-25 minutes. To prepare the sauce, combine all the seasonings and add a tablespoon of cold water. Proportions per 100 g of feathers: 1 tablespoon of sugar and Korean pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of black pepper. Stir the hot mixture until the sugar dissolves. Decant the water from the onion, remove the water with a paper towel, mix the feathers and onion rings, pour in hot sauce. Vinegar is added for piquancy.
- Spicy minced meat for pies … Pies with minced onion dressing can be fried and baked, the dough is used both fresh and butter. The most delicious unleavened fried pies with minced onion. The simplest recipe for dough for pies: for kneading, you need about 500 g of flour, a third of a glass of water, a little salt, a little less than a spoonful of sunflower oil. Knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands. The feathers are mixed with chopped eggs in a 2/1 ratio, added, and pies are formed. It is better to fry them in sunflower oil. The freshness of the dough is completely stopped by the spicy taste of the filling.
- Pikuli … Choose air bulbs with a diameter of 3 cm, no less, cut off the feathers and the bottom. The bulbs are washed with cold running water and immersed in boiling water over low heat for 3 minutes. At the bottom of one-liter jars, lay out 2 leaves of bay leaves, 4-5 peas of black pepper, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves. The bulbs are removed from the boiling water, allowed to drain, laid out tightly in jars. Marinade for pouring - 1 liter of water, 50 g each of table salt and sugar, 200 ml of 6% vinegar - ordinary or wine. Bring the marinade to a boil before pouring. Jars filled with marinade are sterilized for 8-10 minutes under lids, and then rolled up.
- Pickled multi-tiered onions in berry marinade … Peeled onions without a bottom are dipped in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, cooled and poured with salted water. You need so much salt to feel it, but the tongue is not hot. While the onions are soaked, prepare the marinade. Ingredients for the marinade: 700 g of currant juice (red or black) or gooseberry juice, apple cider vinegar - 300 g, 2 tablespoons of sugar and salt each, spices of your choice - cinnamon, cloves, several types of pepper. Bay leaves are placed on the bottom of the jars. If the seasonings are also put in jars, the taste of the finished product will be more piquant. The bulbs are laid out in jars, poured with boiling marinade - the juices do not boil for a long time, it is enough to wait for the bubbles. Sterilize the jars for 7-10 minutes, tighten the lid.
Canned tiered onions are a great appetizer and seasoning for any hot dish.
Interesting facts about the tiered bow
The first mentions of a multi-tiered bow are found at the end of the 14th century in an ancient Chinese herbalist - the Chinese name "lau-qi-tsun". The variety got to Europeans only in the 19th century, first to England, and then to the countries of Western Europe, where it received many names - Egyptian, tree-like, viviparous and even horned.
Onion is named viviparous because it does not form seeds and does not have a dormant period. It is worth planting air bulbs in the soil, growth continues continuously. After rooting, the harvest can be obtained in 22 days, the average leaf length already reaches 45 cm.
You should not go to sort things out with the seller of the bulbs when it is found that after planting, the multi-tiered onion looks like an onion. By the way, the feathers are delicate to taste at this time, there is no bitterness. The characteristic pungency appears only after the forcing of the second tier, and in several tiers it usually begins to grow the next year after wintering, with the exception of the Likova variety. He has the following tiers appear 2-3 months after planting. It is because of the lack of basic properties in the first year after planting that gardeners become disillusioned with culture.
When growing outdoors, a multi-tiered onion is quite whimsical, but not from the point of view of climatic factors - it is afraid of putrefactive bacteria, does not know how to resist them. If you do not remove the foliage and last year's grass at the site of the crop planting, the plant will get sick and die.
It is interesting that this variety was the first to be appreciated by traditional healers. For vitamin deficiency, it is advised to take 50 g of viviparous onion salad with sunflower oil 3 times a day, and to prevent viral diseases - 1 tablespoon of juice from underground bulbs and bulbs in the morning and evening throughout the epidemic season.
On the territory of the former CIS, the Likov variety is popular, the frost-resistant Chelyabinsk is already becoming popular. The difference from the main variety of the batun is elastic crunchy feathers.
The disadvantage of the variety is that it is impossible to preserve the bulbs in the winter, they lose liquid and, accordingly, useful properties, regardless of storage conditions.
But the crop can be grown on the windowsill, then the green pharmacy will supply vitamins all year round. Insufficient illumination, which is typical for many city apartments in winter, is not an obstacle to harvesting.
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Planting viviparous onions on a windowsill is a great way to create a healthy indoor climate, provide family vitamins and boost your mood. Greenery on the windowsill in the cold season helps to feel the spring. Nowadays, onions began to gain popularity - marinades and seasonings based on such additives sparkled with new tastes.
