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Clove spice: composition, useful properties. Video
The clove spice is the dried flower buds of an evergreen tree known botanically as Eugenia aromatica. The clove tree grows in India, Tanzania, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Madagascar. Arab traders brought cloves to Europe in the XNUMXth century AD and have since been a popular spice used in drinks and stews, pies and marinades.
Clove spice: composition, useful properties
Carnation for health and beauty
The effectiveness of cloves in the fight against bacteria, fungi, yeast infections, known since ancient times, has been confirmed by numerous modern studies. Portuguese scientists have even shown that clove oil can serve as a natural therapy for giardiasis. The active substances in cloves also have antioxidant, antiseptic, anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties. A decoction of cloves in folk medicine is used in the treatment of flatulence and indigestion. Clove essential oil is popular in medical and cosmetic massage as it promotes blood flow, fights joint and muscle pain and increases skin turgor. Clove oil is also a natural, natural repellent that is effective against mosquitoes and midges. Decoction of cloves, dry buds or oil are traditional remedies for relieving toothache, they fight gum disease, oral ulcers.
A fragrant substance called eugenol is responsible for the pleasant aroma and many useful properties of cloves.
How to choose and store a clove
Cloves are a popular spice, readily available all year round. The quality of the dried buds is evidenced by the distinct pleasant aroma that you can feel by lightly rubbing the spice between your thumb and forefinger. It is better to buy cloves in the buds, and not ground, since the powder is easy to falsify by adding a little flavor to the brick or other powder. Whole clove buds can be stored for months in airtight containers in cool, dark places.
With its strong, sweet, spicy aroma and moderately pungent taste, cloves are one of the most popular spices. You can add it to: – fruit pies, cakes and desserts; – pickles, pickles and chutneys; – meat baked in a whole piece; – coffee and coffee drinks; – Chinese and Indian cuisine; – various spicy alcoholic drinks such as mulled wine or punch; – sauces and soups. In order to put a clove in a soup or sauce, the buds are most often “inserted” into a peeled onion. Sprinkle with cloves and ham before baking. Ground cloves are placed in cakes and pies such as apple or peach.
Ground cloves are one of the must-have ingredients in curry powder
Carnation in the household
Cloves are often used in the household. She is able to scare away moths no worse than lavender, to fight off the smell of naphthalene. If you lubricate the slats with clove oil, you can avoid the infestation of bedbugs. A popular Christmas air freshener is fresh orange stuffed with dried clove buds.