Carrot tops

For a long time, carrot tops have been popular both among culinary experts and doctors. It is noteworthy that even in Russia even many independent dishes were prepared from it, for example, botvinya - a fairly popular soup, which is made on the basis of kvass and sour cream with the addition of sorrel, nettle leaves, beet and carrot tops, as well as other edible tops and roots.

In addition, carrot tops could be widely used in the preparation of pickles, as well as added when fermenting cabbage or salting tomatoes - thanks to it, vegetables acquire a specific pleasant and sweet taste.

Today, one of the popular world trends regarding nutrition is the preparation of high cuisine dishes, which include extremely healthy vegetables, roots and herbs. Today it is fashionable to be healthy, which is why such a trend in fashion from the world of cooking is understandable.

Many culinary experts successfully use the upper parts of various vegetable crops when preparing all kinds of meals and, accordingly, know how to use the carrot tops correctly. This product is great for adding to first courses, but there is one nuance. So, before adding a carrot top to a soup or salad, it must be poured with boiling water for 5-10 minutes to get rid of bitterness.

In addition to soups, the taste and healthy properties of a carrot tops are excellent when used as a filling for pancakes, pies or pies. You can also make delicious and healthy salads based on a juicy fresh carrot tops. By the way, some hostesses grind the scalded tops and add cereal and egg to them, and then fry vegetable cutlets. As you know, the carrot tops make a fast and tasty casserole.

The benefits of carrot tops

Carrot tops are quite suitable for consumption, and are also suitable for all kinds of medical and preventive measures. The benefits of carrot tops are its rich composition of vitamins and mineral salts. In addition, it contains selenium - the most powerful natural antioxidant. By the way, only a small branch of the tops, eaten in the morning, is able to cover the daily dose of this element for the human body.

With regular consumption of the decoction based on this product, the benefit of the carrot tops is to relieve the symptoms of varicose veins and hemorrhoids. In addition, such a decoction is unusually useful for cystitis, urolithiasis and vision problems.