Ground red pepper and its benefits. Contraindications to the consumption of this seasoning. Calorie content, composition of this product and delicious dishes with its addition. The benefits of using this seasoning are indisputable if you eat it correctly. However, it does not provide health benefits in all cases.
Harm and contraindications to ground red pepper
For all the advantages of this product, you should remember about the side effects of its use:
- Chronic cystitis … With inflammation of the bladder, it is strictly forbidden to eat not only fatty foods, but also add any seasonings to it. Such a dish will provoke additional irritation of the mucous membrane of this organ of the genitourinary system.
- Gastrointestinal problems … If the pancreas or gallbladder is worried, then the use of any seasonings is out of the question. Serious pathologies of the liver and stomach also imply the rejection of any spices.
- Allergy … It can arise not only with a negative reaction of the body to household chemicals, pollen and animal hair, but also from dishes with ground red pepper. If you are allergic to any food, you should be very careful with the use of spices.
Contraindications to red ground pepper are significantly inferior to its beneficial qualities. However, the sounded diseases are quite serious pathologies, so it is necessary to exclude this spice from your diet.
Red pepper recipes
Any seasoning complements a certain product well. Ground red pepper goes well with meat and vegetables. Some foodies add it to savory desserts, sauces, marinades, and dressings. Popular recipes with ground red pepper can be presented as follows:
- Chicken in Georgian … A similar dish is prepared within an hour and can become a decoration for any festive table. If a large company is going, then it is better to take chicken, because it has more meat in it. The carcass must be thoroughly rinsed, then dried and cut for spice treatment. Meat is rubbed with black and red pepper, coriander, cloves and nutmeg both outside and inside. A small onion is placed in a bird, after which the chicken is wrapped in plastic and sent to a cool place for 3 hours. After such marinating, the carcass is laid out in a cauldron and fried on both sides. As a delicious crust forms, the meat is removed from the container. Three cloves of garlic are thrown into the oil that remains for frying. After filling it with 0.5 liters of water, place it in the resulting chicken liquid and simmer it for 15 minutes.
- Adjab sandal … To prepare this oriental dish, you need to take 3 eggplants, one onion, a small carrot, 3 pieces of sweet pepper, 5 tomatoes, 3 cloves of garlic, a bunch of purple basil, spices (red ground pepper, coriander, suneli hops). Cut the eggplants into medium cubes, sprinkle with salt and leave in this form for 20 minutes to extract juice. After that, the vegetables are washed, wrung out and laid out in a bowl with a thick bottom. Onions, carrots and peppers are fried separately. The resulting vegetable platter is laid out on top of the eggplants. A cross-shaped incision is made on the tomatoes, after which they are doused with boiling water, and then placed in cold water. Having removed the peel from the tomatoes, it is necessary to cut them into large cubes, add herbs, spices, 1 tbsp. sugar and mix everything thoroughly. After that, the tomatoes are sent to the main dish, which is stewed for 10 minutes.
- Vegetable "boats" … 4 pieces of eggplant are cut in half and peeled from the pulp. A similar base is salted and left in this form for half an hour. 2 pieces of onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 300 g of minced meat, 1 bell pepper, 2 tomatoes and the remaining pulp of eggplant with the addition of ground red pepper are fried in vegetable oil. Eggplant “boats” are filled with the resulting filling, sprinkled with 75 g of hard cheese and baked at 180 degrees.
- Kimchi in korean … Each head of Chinese cabbage (approximately 2 kg) should be divided into 4 parts. Then you need to put 200 g of salt in boiling water and place the sounded vegetable in it. 12 hours is enough for it to go through the first stage of pickling. After that, 1 tsp should be added to the cabbage. sugar, 4 tablespoons ground red pepper, 8 cloves of garlic and sauce to taste (fish or soy). This product is marinated for another two days, after which it can be used as a snack or stewed.
- Vegetable roll "Rainbow" … To create this dish, you need to stock up on 2 pieces. pita bread (unleavened flat bread), 100 g of red cabbage, red and yellow bell peppers, one fresh cucumber, 30 g of mustard and 2 tbsp. mayonnaise. Put pita on the countertop, which can be replaced with high-density pita bread. To prepare the filling, cut the red cabbage with cucumber and bell pepper into strips. Then the base is smeared with mayonnaise and 30 g of mustard to soften it. After that, cabbage, bell pepper, cucumber, ground red pepper are laid out on pita in layers. Having rolled the base with the filling into a roll, you need to send it to the oven for 5 minutes.
- Gazpacho … This soup involves the purchase of 5 pieces of green bell peppers, 500 g of tomatoes, 400 g of cucumbers, 100 g of wheat bread, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp. sea salt, 100 g rye croutons and ground spices. Peppers and tomatoes are pre-peeled and washed, then cut in half and put on a baking sheet greased with olive oil. Remove the skin from the baked vegetables and chop finely. After that, cucumbers are crushed in a blender with the addition of bread crumb, herbs, red pepper and coriander. All ingredients are mixed, and a puree soup is prepared by placing the resulting mass in water with lemon juice. When the dish is fully prepared (cook for 5-10 minutes), rye croutons are added to it.
- Pork rolls … 1 kg of tenderloin is cut into wide thin pieces, which are then salted and processed with black pepper. After that, 150 g of champignons, onions and 4 tbsp are fried in butter. lecho. To make the filling finally ready, red ground pepper, 100 g of boiled rice and finely chopped herbs (dill, parsley) are added to it. 2 tsp each. a similar mass must be laid out on pieces of pork, which are then rolled into rolls and fixed with toothpicks. After frying such an appetizing appetizer in vegetable oil, put it in a deep baking sheet, pour over the broth and simmer until fully cooked.
- Italian pie … 3 tbsp tablespoons of olive oil, 200 ml of milk and 2 eggs are beaten gently with a whisk and covered with 1, 5 cups of flour. A similar mass is mixed with onions, garlic, 350 g of grated zucchini, 80 g of grated cheese, 300 g of finely chopped bacon, and then baked in a greased form.
Interesting facts about red ground pepper
This spice is grown in many countries with suitable climates, but it was originally supplied from Central America. The local population - the Peruvian Indians - used this product as a subject for their rituals. He was considered a divine fruit that should accompany a person even after death.
In the 16th century on the territory of Russia, ground red pepper was worth its weight in gold, so extremely wealthy people could afford such a luxury.
Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine cooking without this seasoning. It is especially popular in Georgian and Mexican cuisine.
You can use this spice both in pure form and in combination with other spices. The taste of red pepper becomes even more pronounced when mixed with dried basil, garlic and coriander. Such compositions are indispensable for the preparation of sauces, pickles, marinades, meat and fish dishes.
Soup (especially borscht) will become a favorite food for the whole family if, 5-10 minutes before the hot soup is ready, you add ground red pepper along with frying.
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The sounded spice is an indispensable thing for any person who wants to cook a delicious dish. The availability and wide market for this seasoning make it a fairly popular product.
