What is the calorie content of horseradish. Composition and its elements. Benefits, harms and contraindications for eating root vegetables. What dishes can be cooked with horseradish. In addition, horseradish is recommended to be introduced into the diet in the fight against excess weight. It has a beneficial effect on the body with such ailments as vitamin deficiency, hypertension, impaired functioning of the liver, kidneys, and pancreas.
Harm and contraindications to the use of horseradish
Despite the beneficial properties of this plant, you need to remember that horseradish is a spice, and not all people can use it.
It must be used with caution in such cases:
- People with kidney and liver problems, with chronic diseases of the stomach and intestines. Grated horseradish causes malfunctions in the work of these organs, provokes colitis, a burning sensation in the stomach.
- Pregnant women and during lactation. This spice will add bitterness to breast milk, so the baby can refuse such feeding.
- Children under 4 years old. Horseradish can harm young children.
- People with thyroid disorders. Do not eat condiments and spices when diagnosed with hypothyroidism.
- Patients with disorders of the nervous system. It should also not be consumed at night because it contributes to insomnia.
- Patients who take Levomycetin. Horseradish roots tend to reduce the effect of this antibiotic.
Moreover, with frequent use of horseradish, pressure may increase, internal bleeding may occur, and burns of the oral mucosa may appear.
Horseradish recipes
A plant with long roots is best harvested in late August or early September. In addition, you can also harvest the root crop in the spring. The roots are kept fresh, sprinkled with dry sand in the cellar, or ground into powder in containers made of glass.
It is customary to use horseradish roots as a seasoning, which is distinguished by a fair amount of pungency. It is served with fish and meat dishes. In addition, this is the best homemade jellied sauce.
Seasoning recipes:
- Horseradish with beetroot juice … First we need to prepare beet juice: take 1 beet, wash it, peel it and three on a fine grater, or we can grind it in a meat grinder. Squeeze out the juice using a cloth or cheesecloth, which must be folded in several layers. Leave the squeezed juice for 15 minutes. Now we start preparing the horseradish. We need 0.5 kg of roots. We clean them, wash and three, using a fine grater. Then we mix horseradish with beetroot juice, salt, add sugar. This is a classic condiment, but the salt, sugar, and beet juice can be adjusted to your liking.
- Russian table horseradish recipe … First, we clean the root, then rinse it under running cold water. Before grating it, we need to prepare a glass or porcelain jar and pour some cold boiled water on its bottom. Grated horseradish should be put in a jar in portions so that it does not run out of steam in the air. Add salt and sugar (in ancient times, honey was taken instead of sugar) to taste, mix until thick sour cream or porridge is smeared. Before serving, it is necessary to dilute horseradish with sour cream in a ratio of 1 tbsp. and 1 dessert spoon, respectively. After 2-3 days, when it loses its strength, you can add a little 0.5% vinegar to it and modify the recipe - in the Baltic States and Transcaucasia, vinegar must be added to it.
- Horseradish with lemon … In order to prepare this spicy seasoning, take 1.5 kg of horseradish root, lemon - 1 pc., Salt - 1 tablespoon, sugar - 3 tablespoons, a little boiled water. First, we cook horseradish: we clean it, rinse it with water and three on a fine grater. Add salt, sugar, and then water to make a seasoning that resembles sour cream in density. We lay out in jars, while adding a few drops of lemon juice. This spice is very suitable for fish and meat dishes. It can keep its taste for 2-3 months in the refrigerator. You can also add sour cream to this spice when serving.
Horseradish salad recipes that have a spicy and piquant taste:
- Horseradish salad … We take one horseradish root (20 cm), clean it, rinse it and place it in the freezer for an hour and a half. Freezing removes the bitterness of horseradish, but not all, and simplifies the process of grating it for salad. Three on a fine grater and mix with 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and put on a plate. One root of the plant is used for one salad plate. Then we cut 100 g of smoked sausage into large pieces, cervelat is best of all, and put it on horseradish with mayonnaise. Cook 2 eggs. Cut it into large pieces and spread evenly on the sausage. Cover each layer of salad with a layer of mayonnaise. Before serving the dish to the table, grate 100 g of hard cheese on a fine grater. Horseradish will give our salad a spicy and piquant taste.
- Puff cheese salad with horseradish … For him, take 2 horseradish roots, 300 g of crumbly cottage cheese, 200 g of smoked sausage, 100 g of hard cheese, 2 boiled eggs. On a prepared plate, lay out all these ingredients in layers in this order: grated horseradish, cottage cheese, finely chopped protein, coarsely chopped smoked sausage, chopped yolk and coarsely grated cheese. Salt all layers and smear with mayonnaise.
- Horseradish salad with beets … Cook the beets (1-2 pcs.), Peel and cut into small cubes. Peel 1 horseradish root, rinse and three on a fine grater and mix with beets. Then fill with sour cream (1 glass), decorate with dill and parsley.
- Horseradish and egg salad … Take 15 eggs, cook hard-boiled, peel and put on a dish. Then we prepare the sauce. Mix 4 tablespoons of grated horseradish with 2 cups of whipped sour cream. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and salt to taste. Pour eggs with this sauce. Then decorate with dill and parsley.
- Horseradish salad with cucumber … We take 1 horseradish root, peel it, rinse it and three on a fine grater, add 1 teaspoon of sugar and leave for an hour. Then finely chop 3 hard-boiled eggs and 1 fresh cucumber and add to the horseradish. Season the salad with sour cream (1/2 cup). Salt to taste. Decorate with dill herbs.
- Adjika with horseradish … You need to wash and rotate in a meat grinder 2.5 kg of tomatoes, 0.5 kg of bell pepper, 250 g of garlic, 250 g of horseradish roots, 250 g of hot pepper (you can take it less, to taste). Then add 1 cup of vinegar, 1 cup of sugar and 0.5 cups of salt. Mix everything thoroughly, cover with a lid and put in the refrigerator.
- Drink "hrenovukha" … Add 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to half a liter of good vodka. Then we take 1 horseradish root, three of it on a fine grater and squeeze out the juice. We mix all the ingredients, and the "horseradish" is ready.
Interesting facts about horseradish
It has been established that horseradish was known and revered in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. People in these countries ate it because it increases appetite and gives a person a boost of vigor. The time of the appearance of the word "horseradish" in Russian is indicated in different ways in various sources. There is a version that this name comes from the Old Russian "roll", which means "smell" in translation. An old marriage test in Russia is the ability to eat dishes with horseradish. If the bride and groom “cried” from the bitterness of this seasoning, they could have canceled the wedding, because young people have physical weakness and do not know the old customs of their people. And the right thing to eat horseradish is this: first, bite off and chew a piece of the main dish, and then proceed with the seasoning. Horseradish is very hardy. Some of its species can be seen beyond the Arctic Circle.
In the United States, this plant is considered a product that is important for medicine, the space industry and defense.
In Japan, scientists are working on the manufacture of toothpaste, the main component of which is horseradish, but they still do not know how to remove its smell, which is not suitable for a hygiene product.
The word "horseradish" baffles many translators because they cannot correctly translate it or convey its meaning.
They say that if a person dreams of such a plant, then this is a prophetic dream.
See the horseradish review on the video:
Horseradish is known in many countries of the world and is in great demand. He, like mustard, has taken root in various cuisines. Of course, you can buy the packaged root and enjoy its flavor. But it is much more useful and pleasant to use a seasoning prepared by yourself.
