Although potatoes are in the first place in popularity among vegetables, cabbage is much loved. From her cook a variety of dishes. Unlike potatoes, cabbage can also be pickled or fermented for the winter. Soups are made from it, they make stews, solyanka, cabbage rolls and cutlets. Each dish has its own taste and it is important to emphasize it with suitable spices.
What kind of spices are used for stewed cabbage
Braised cabbage is used as a standalone dish, a side dish for meat or fish, it can be a filling for pies and pies. Much depends on the amount of fluid and additives. If you just put out the cabbage with water and salt, it will turn white, tasteless, you may even get an unpleasant smell. Therefore, additional vegetables, tomato, and necessarily spices are always added to the cabbage. How to spice up this dish?
What spices to add to cabbage:
- Allspice, red, black, you can take the mixture. They are introduced for flavor and sharpness. It is necessary to add in the crushed look at the very end of preparation. If fragrant peas are used, then you can throw a few things during the quenching.
- Cmin. This spice goes far from every product, but it fits perfectly to cabbage. One or two pinches of seeds will smooth the smell of stewed vegetable, will give a pleasant aroma.
- Coriander. Whole seeds can be poured into the cabbage, they are round, like small balls. In this case, add about ten minutes before the end of extinguishing. Or you can pour crushed coriander seeds into a ready dish.
- Dry, fresh garlic. This is a classic, but you need to add it to the stewed cabbage correctly. It is not necessary to enter immediately, when cooking, the smell and taste of garlic changes. It is also recommended to enter at the end, boil just a minute.
- Laurel. Where do without this leaflet? In the finished cabbage, you can stick a few things, leave for ten minutes, then remove.
In addition to spices, greens of any kind can be added to cabbage, from parsley and dill, to basil, oregano, tarragon. This is a matter of personal taste. If the greens are dried, then it needs to be boiled with cabbage. If it is fresh, then you can pour it into a plate when serving the stew to the table.
What spices are used for pickling cabbage
Salted, pickled, sauerkraut is not just a snack. Such preparations often act as ingredients of other dishes. Pickled vegetables can be stewed, used for soup, soups, add to salads. The technologies of pickling and pickling vegetables are different, but the spices are almost always the same.
What to add to the cabbage when harvesting:
- allspice peas;
- cumin seeds;
- dill seeds or umbrellas;
- coriander seeds;
- juniper.
As for the laurel, then there is a very controversial moment.
Sometimes it is introduced into marinades, but this leaf can give very strong bitterness. If necessary, you can boil it in the pouring and throw it away, do not add it to the blank itself. Garlic is also not always appropriate. In sauerkraut it is definitely not added. For blanks often use fresh garlic cloves.
Spices for cabbage salad
Korean salads from fresh cabbage are prepared with special spices. The mixture is made up of spicy and fragrant ingredients, you can easily buy them on the market or in the store. But how to fill the usual fresh salad of white, red or Peking cabbage?
What to add to cabbage salad:
- ground red, black pepper;
- grated coriander seeds;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- You can pour oregano, Provencal herbs.
Of course, in such salads, all kinds of greens will not be superfluous, for taste they add carrots, sometimes beets, lemon juice.
It is only important not to pour salt in advance.
If the cabbage is tender and young, then a lot of water will appear, the dressing will start to flow, the salad will spoil very quickly.
What spices to add to cabbage cabbage
Cabbage soup - a popular soup, as well as soup. It itself has a rich aroma and taste due to the large number of vegetables, but with spices it will be even better.
What is added to cabbage soup with cabbage:
- black pepper;
- bay leaf;
- dry or fresh garlic;
- basil;
- tarragon.
Greens can be added to the cabbage of various types But do not forget that this dish is often prepared for several days. It will be heated again, brought to a boil, which is not very good for fresh herbs, but acceptable for dried herbs. Therefore, parsley, dill is better to chop and add directly to the plate.
What spices to add to the cabbage with meat, potatoes, mushrooms
Cabbage is stewed with a variety of foods. And then there is a problem - how to fill the stew. Since the vegetable goes well with almost all the spices and seasonings, it is recommended to focus on secondary ingredients.
What spices to add:
- In the cabbage with meat. Besides pepper and greens, you can sprinkle a little coriander and a pinch of nutmeg. If the dish is cooked with a bird, then curry seasoning will ideally fit into it.
- Cabbage with mushrooms. It is important that the spices do not clog the mushroom flavor. Therefore, we can limit the pepper, dill, laurel. You can add coriander, but in small quantities.
- Cabbage with potatoes. If the dish is without meat, then you can safely pour pepper, nutmeg, coriander, turmeric, and various greens into it. This will make the taste of modest vegetables much richer.
Classic Spice Set for Cabbage
If the cabbage in the house is loved and revered, then it is useful to buy spices for this vegetable. It is even better to immediately make the seasoning and add to the dishes as needed. Cabbage is combined with almost all spices, it is safe to add spices and dry herbs. If something from the list is not pleasant, then we exclude without a twinge of conscience.
Classic cabbage spice set:
- black pepper;
- nutmeg;
- cumin;
- dill seeds;
- coriander.
If desired, you can pour a little dry garlic, paprika, marjoram.
Beautiful color cabbage dishes will give turmeric.
Dry spices need to be combined and poured into a jar. Seeds (dill, cumin) can be added to the spice mixture immediately, but not crushed, otherwise the essential oil will appear. But before adding them to the dish, it is advisable to slightly grind them in a mortar to release the essential oils.
