Why are lily flowers useful, who cannot enjoy the new taste. Flower recipes and drinks. Interesting facts about the plant. Lily flowers protect the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, prevent the development of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease, improve secretory function. Tea is brewed from dried flower heads and symptomatically taken in several sips. Inflorescences eliminate intoxication. The strong flower broth is drunk in large sips and then induces vomiting. Thus, you can quickly cope with the effects of poisoning.
Tinctures and decoctions of lily flowers have a mild diuretic and choleretic effect. Potions of complex composition with flower heads of delicate colors have antioxidant properties, help prevent malignancy of neoplasms, get rid of old toxins, and remove toxins from the intestines.
Lily pollen has a beneficial effect on the body. To collect, you have to process a large number of inflorescences, but the costs are justified. By absorbing the sweet substance, it is possible to lower blood pressure in hypertension, increase appetite and hemoglobin levels, and prevent ARVI diseases during the epidemic season.
Contraindications and harm of lily flowers
Individual intolerance from the use of lily flowers appears in people who feel sick from the floral scent. In patients who are allergic to flowers, foods and drinks that use all parts of the plant cause harm.
Serious manifestations: irritation of the skin and mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, edema and hyperemia. Children may develop Quincke's edema and respiratory failure.
You should not expand your diet if, while enjoying the scent of flowering lilies, you feel a headache or slight discomfort.
How are lily flowers eaten?
It is unlikely that someone would think of ripping off the head of a plant and chewing it without leaving the flower bed. Lily flowers are eaten as a dried spice or used as an ingredient in dishes and desserts after being cooked.
Most often, flowers are introduced into their dishes by Chinese and Turkish chefs. European confectioners use flower heads to decorate desserts.
Lily flower recipes
In Chinese cuisine, lily heads are so widely used that they can be purchased dried in stores. Since Europeans do not harvest this product, if you are going to expand the diet, you will have to rehydrate the flowers yourself. Europaction culinary experts make spices from lily petals, use flower heads to decorate dishes.
Recipes with lily flowers for original dishes:
- Seasoning for fish … The opened buds are washed with running water, placed in a large container, preferably in a basin. Pour boiling water so that they are soaked and drowned. Allow to stand for 2-3 hours until the flowers settle at the bottom. As soon as the cups are softened, the inflorescences are taken out and each is cut into several parts. They are added to ready-made fish dishes as decorations. The water is decanted, the solids and sediment are filtered out, and added to soup and stew to enhance the flavor.
- Dried lilies … All processes are the same as in the previous recipe. Only after the flowers have drowned are they thrown back in a colander and then disassembled into petals or cut into strips. Dry in the oven at 60 ° C with the door open. The process lasts 8-10 hours. The slices are mixed every 30 minutes.
- Sunny salad … 6 large flowers of white or Daurian lily are washed, laid out on a paper towel to glass water. Hands tear into small pieces 6 lettuce leaves of the "Iceberg" variety. Cut into strips a large fresh cucumber and 5 flowers, a whole yellow or orange bell pepper and half a red one. The salad should not only be tasty, but also look beautiful. Garlic, 2 cloves, squeezed, mixed with pepper mixture, saffron and sour cream - 2-3 tablespoons are enough. The gas station is allowed to brew. Canned corn is poured into the vegetable slices (can be replaced with green peas), seasoned, decorated with sprigs of spicy herbs (to taste) and the remaining flower.
- Pork chops … Cut the onions into rings to make 1/2 cup. Fried in sunflower oil until translucent, then carefully selected. The pan is not removed from the fire. Fry thin pork chops (6 pieces) on both sides, when ready, remove from heat. Pour cornstarch and soy sauce into the pan - one tablespoon each, a quarter teaspoon of fresh grated ginger root, chopped garlic clove, salt and pepper. Boil for 2-3 minutes, water the pork. Put the onion into the pan again, pour in 2 tablespoons of Madeira and add the chopped lily flowers. Bring to a boil and also spread over the meat. Cover the dish with a tight lid and let stand for at least 3 minutes. Reheat before serving.
- Lily pasta … Prepare water for cooking shiitake. Approximately 200 g of mushrooms are washed, dried on paper towels, and taken apart by hand. Half-open lily buds (1 cup) are also washed and laid out on a paper towel. In a large, thick-walled skillet, heat the ghee, overcook 2 chopped shallots, mushrooms and chopped buds. The pasta is boiled in boiling water until tender, then discarded in a colander. Dip in a frying pan to the sauce, cover with a lid and let it boil for 30 seconds. The fire is turned off. After 1-2 minutes, open the lid, add a piece of butter, chopped parsley, salt and pepper, mix everything. Finely chopped parmesan is served separately. If desired, it can be added to the finished dish.
- Sweet pancake sauce … Cut fresh pineapple into cubes, you need to get 2 cups, and red bell pepper in small slices - half a glass. Red sweet onions are chopped - a quarter of a glass. Cut 20 lily buds. All are mixed in an enamel container, sprinkled with chili pepper, allowed to stand on the refrigerator shelf for at least 12 hours. The taste of the sauce goes well not only with corn pancakes, but also with seafood.
- Lily dessert … Grated fresh ginger root, a tablespoon, and 2 shredded lily onions are poured with boiling water and allowed to stand for 10 minutes. The water is drained, hot milk is poured - 2 glasses, add salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, cook until thickened. They put 3-4 half-opened flower buds - it is better to divide it in half, but you can also disassemble it into petals. Close with a lid and let stand for 20 minutes. Season with honey before serving.
Petals can be used to prepare not only medicinal, but also soft drinks. Sepals are removed from the buds, the petals and core are soaked in boiling water for 40 minutes. Wring out, dipped in clean water, boil, adding sugar. The drink is filtered and cooled. This tea is an excellent thirst quencher.
Interesting facts about the lily
Lilies were so revered by the Greeks that they added up legend about the flowers. The queen of plants of this species was considered a white lily. It was believed that she grew from a seed that Hera, the warlike goddess, watered with her milk.
In the annals, the first mention of the plant dates back to 1580 BC. Since that time, the white flower has represented purity and purity in the European part of the globe. But the Incas, judging by the interpretations of the deciphered inscriptions, gave these flowers as a sign of sympathy or after the first night of love.
Now white lily buds are also considered a symbol of innocence, but pink ones - wealth and prosperity. In England, it is customary to give bouquets of multi-colored lush lilies for a thirty-year wedding anniversary.
Flower head oil is prized in medicine and cosmetology. It stops age-related changes, softens and nourishes the skin, removes age spots. To prepare a cosmetic product, crushed flowers are poured with boiled refined olive or sunflower oil. Insist 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator in a glass container, stirring constantly, and then filter. It is used not only externally. For lung diseases, you can take a teaspoon. In China, Korea and Japan in antiquity, lilies were grown more for food purposes. The bulbs and buds were added to the broths, the meat was seasoned with petal powder, and the onion flour was mixed with wheat flour.
If you collect the petals from the flowers that have opened, you can join the Chinese culture. Aromatic spices retain their beneficial properties and taste for two years if stored in a glass jar, protected from light and moisture. And to harvest the bulbs you will have to wait a little - they are harvested 1, 5 months after flowering. Having planted lilies in the garden, you can not only enjoy the floral scent, but also delight guests with new flavors of dishes all winter.
