Author: Mark Velov
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Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Garlic is a unique vegetable. It has been known to the world since ancient times. The healing properties of garlic have also been known for a very long time. Garlic owes its spicy taste to the essential oil, which is part of its composition.
Garlic is a unique vegetable. It has been known to the world since ancient times. The healing properties of garlic have also been known for a very long time. Garlic owes its spicy taste to the essential oil, which is part of its composition. Garlic also contains protein, fiber, carbohydrates, polysaccharides, trace elements, and sulfur-containing components. Therefore, the use of garlic is beneficial for our body.
In cooking, garlic is used not only for its healing properties, but also as an excellent spice. Garlic is used to make soups, marinades, vegetable and meat dishes, snacks. In this case, garlic can be used raw, stewed, boiled or baked.
We will help you understand the question of how and how much to cook garlic in a dish so that it retains its healing properties to the maximum, but at the same time it is already fully prepared.
Recipes with garlic
Step 1
For work, we need garlic, water, a knife, a saucepan, a cutting board.
Step 2
Peel the garlic.
Step 3
When cooking garlic, it can be added to the dish with whole cloves or pre-chopped (crushed). Crushing garlic is very easy with a knife by placing the flat part of the knife on top of the garlic clove and pressing down.
Step 4
Spread garlic in boiling water (soup, borscht, broth, stew) at the very end of cooking.
Step 5
Crushed garlic will be ready in 5 minutes after being added to the dish, and garlic cloves will need 10 minutes to fully cook.