Horseradish dried

Even in the old days, a person knew and knew how to apply all the useful properties of horseradish, while respectfully and affectionately calling this plant a savior and healer. In general, horseradish can be used for a variety of purposes, but most often in cooking. For this, not only rhizome is used, but also horseradish leaves, which are mainly necessary in the process of canning (salting and pickling) various vegetable crops.

You can save horseradish root in dried form, and in terms of its gastronomic and useful properties, the product will be no worse than fresh. By the way, the modern food industry offers several types of dried horseradish, in particular in granular or powdered form. However, dried horseradish can be prepared with ease at home.

To prepare dried horseradish, the excavated roots must be carefully removed from the remnants of the earth, after which they must be washed quite quickly under running water so that they do not have time to drink moisture. The horseradish is then cleaned and the damaged areas are cut out. Roots are cut into long thin strips, laid on a baking sheet, which is pre-covered with cloth or paper, and placed in an oven.

You need to dry horseradish at a very low temperature and an open door. By the way, if you do not have an oven, the roots of horseradish can be left in a warm oven overnight. According to culinary experts, in order to maintain the maximum amount of phytoncides in dried horseradish, the drying process should proceed as quickly as possible. The finished dried horseradish is ground or ground in a coffee grinder to a powder state and stored in glass jars with sealed lids.

As you use it, a portion of dried horseradish is poured with chilled boiled water, acidified with lemon juice or citric acid, broth or sour cream. The resulting gruel can act as the basis for the preparation of a variety of savoury sauces and seasonings. Without prior preparation, dried horseradish is customary to add to sauces and meat dishes. In addition, the very pleasant characteristic aroma of horseradish dried gives pickles, marinades and pickles.

The benefits of dried horseradish for human health are undoubted, because the root of this plant, in addition to vitamins and mineral salts, contains a lot of other valuable substances. For example, due to the presence of phytoncides and lysocin, dried horseradish has a high antimicrobial activity. Infusion of dried horseradish is recommended to be used to increase appetite, as a natural choleretic agent, as well as to strengthen the digestive tract.