Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots, which are nothing more than young sprouts of this huge plant, are collected until their length is thirty centimeters. For us, this is a rather exotic product, but Asians have been eating it for a very long time. If you have never tasted the delicate and crispy shoots of bamboo, then you can say that they taste something like corn. In cooking, this delicacy is usually used fresh, dried or canned. By the way, this "foreigner" is rarely found fresh on the shelves of our stores, so it is less problematic to find it canned in a tin.

The crisp, slightly sweet flesh of the sprouts is wonderfully suitable for use in a variety of soups, salads, roast or stew. Most often, pork is fried with bamboo shoots, but vegetable sides with young sprouts of this plant are not uncommon. You can try to put them out with mushrooms or cabbage - believe me, this combination will be remembered for a long time.

Experienced culinary experts advise not to boil bamboo shoots for too long, as due to long-term heat treatment, their taste deteriorates and the beneficial substances that this food is so rich in are destroyed. To maintain a crisp texture, bamboo shoots should be added to the dish last. The beneficial properties of bamboo shoots have long been appreciated by vegetarians who use this product as a side dish, adding a little butter, pepper or soy sauce.

Fresh bamboo shoots keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, but if they've had to spend a longer time there, consider that the sprouts can taste bitter. By the way, do not forget to peel bamboo shoots from the skin before using them in the process of preparing various dishes.

Useful properties of bamboo shoots

The health benefits of bamboo shoots are quite obvious because, being a source of potassium, they maintain a normal heartbeat and blood pressure. At the same time, the presence of bamboo sprouts in the diet will provide you with phosphorus, zinc, riboflavin, thiamine, niacin and iron.

Fiber, also found in these beneficial shoots, contributes to the control of harmful cholesterol levels and plays an important role in the prevention of rectal cancer. It has been proven that due to the very low fat content, the beneficial properties of bamboo shoots are also that they contribute to digestive processes and improve the skin. Therefore, it is not surprising that this treat is very popular among those who seek to lose weight.