Grandma herbalist explained why you can not get carried away with velvets

It would seem that in cooking can have such simple flowers as velvets? Let’s say you can make tea from them. However, any plant can be poured with boiling water and call it tea. So what is the peculiarity of velvets?

For me it was a real discovery that this plant is used for cooking various dishes. And both as a spice and a full-fledged ingredient. This year I learned for the first time that you can cook salads with them and even do various preservations.

It is believed that this plant has a positive effect on vision and improves metabolism. So learning a few simple recipes using it will definitely not be superfluous.

However, before proceeding to the study of recipes, you should make sure that there are no contraindications in the use of this flower.

Velvets should not be added to food during pregnancy and allergies. And also to limit the use of this plant should nursing mothers and children under the age of 14 years.

Velvets: application in the cooking of Adzhik with the addition of velvet ingredients

• 70 velvet flowers
• 250g walnuts
• 500g red sweet peppers
• 1 tbsp salt
• 250g garlic
• 200g bitter peppers
• 15g hop-suneli

Preparation

1. First of all, you should wash, dry and clean the necessary vegetables from all excess. We do the same thing with velvet flowers.
   
   
   
   
2. Next, pass pepper, garlic, nuts and petals of velvets through the meat grinder.
   
   
   
   
3. And in the end, it remains only to add salt with spices to the resulting mass. After that, you can decompose ajika in jars and send it for storage in the refrigerator. Or start tasting immediately.
   
   
   
   

A good example of such adzhika can be seen on the YouTube channel “Grandma 2.0”, which is led by a charming hostess Nina.

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For the preparation of seasoning from velvets, we will need only their petals and a good coffee grinder.

Preparation

1. First, we wash, dry and clean the petals of velvets from sepals. We lay out the petals on a tray or board and leave to dry for 1-2 days. With electric drying for fruits and vegetables, you can save time and do it in a couple of hours.
   
   
   
   
2. We grind the dried petals in a coffee grinder. Then repeat the procedure with already crushed petals to achieve the necessary consistency of the seasoning.
   
   
   
   
3. In the end, it remains only to sift through the ground petals of velvets through a sieve and pour the spice into a clean jar for further storage.
   
   
   
   

Use the seasoning should be in small quantities, otherwise the dish may be bitter. More information about the peculiarities of adding this spice to food can be found on the YouTube channel “Dachny season all year round”, authored by the wonderful hostess Antonina.

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We say goodbye until we meet again, wish you a great day and look forward to discussing all your questions about the use of velvets in the comments!