Although potatoes are the most popular vegetables, cabbage is loved no less. A variety of dishes are prepared from it. Unlike potatoes, cabbage can also be salted or fermented for the winter. Soups are cooked from it, stews, hodgepodge, cabbage rolls and meatballs are made. Each dish has its own taste and it is important to emphasize it with suitable spices.
What spices are used for stewed cabbage
Stewed cabbage is used as an independent dish, a side dish for meat or fish, and can become 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, then it will turn out white, tasteless, you can even get an unpleasant odor. Therefore, extra vegetables, tomato, and necessarily spices are always added to stewed cabbage. How to season this dish?
What spices to add to cabbage:
- Allspice, red, black, you can take the mixture. They are introduced for flavor and pungency. It should be added in crushed form at the very end of cooking. If fragrant peas are used, then you can throw a few pieces during a stew.
- Caraway. This spice is far from being combined with every product, but it is ideal for cabbage. One or two pinches of seeds will smooth the smell of stewed vegetables, give a pleasant aroma.
- Coriander. You can pour whole seeds into cabbage, they are round, like small balls. In this case, add ten minutes before the end of the quenching. Or you can pour crushed coriander seeds into the finished dish.
- Dry, fresh garlic. This is a classic, but in stewed cabbage you need to add it correctly. Do not enter immediately, when cooking, the smell and taste of garlic changes. It is also recommended to introduce it at the end, boil it for just a minute.
- Laurel. Where without this leaflet? You can stick a few things into the ready-made cabbage, leave it for ten minutes, then take it out.
In addition to spices, greens of any kind can be added to cabbage, from parsley and dill to basil, oregano, and tarragon. This is a matter of personal taste. If the greens are dried, then it must be brought to a boil 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 salting cabbage
Salted, pickled, sauerkraut is not only an appetizer. Such blanks often act as ingredients in other dishes. Sauer vegetable can be stewed, used for cabbage soup, soups, added to salads. The technologies for pickling and pickling vegetables are different, but the spices used are almost always the same.
What to add to 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 leaflet can give very strong bitterness. If necessary, it can be boiled in the filling and discarded, but not added to the workpiece itself. Garlic is also not always appropriate. It is definitely not added to sauerkraut. Fresh cloves of garlic are often used for harvesting.
Spices for Coleslaw
Korean fresh cabbage salads are prepared with special spices. Mixtures are composed of spicy and fragrant ingredients, they can be easily bought in the market or in the store. But how to season a regular fresh salad of white, red-headed or Beijing cabbage?
What to add to cabbage salad:
- ground red, black pepper;
- grated coriander seeds;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- You can pour oregano, Provence herbs.
Of course, in such salads all kinds of greens will not be out of place; carrots, sometimes beets, and lemon juice are added for taste.
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 flow, the salad will spoil very quickly.
What spices to add to cabbage soup
Cabbage soup is a popular soup, as is borsch. 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.
You can add a variety of greens to cabbage soup. But do not forget that this dish is often prepared for several days. It will be reheated, brought to a boil, which is not very good for fresh herbs, but acceptable for dried herbs. Therefore, it is better to chop parsley and dill and add directly to the plate.
What spices to add to cabbage with meat, potatoes, mushrooms
Braised cabbage with a variety of products. And then a problem arises - how to season the stew. Since the vegetable goes well with almost all spices and seasonings, it is recommended that you focus on minor ingredients.
What spices to add:
- In cabbage with meat. In addition to pepper and greens, you can pour 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 aroma. Therefore, you can limit yourself to 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, various greens into it. This will make the taste of modest vegetables much richer.
Classic spice set for cabbage
If cabbage in the house is loved and revered, then it will be useful to buy spices for this vegetable. Better yet, immediately make seasoning and add to dishes as needed. Cabbage is combined with almost all spices; spices and dry herbs can be safely added to it. If something from the list is not pleasant, then without a twinge of conscience we exclude it.
Classic set of spices for cabbage:
- black pepper;
- nutmeg;
- caraway;
- Dill seeds;
- coriander.
If desired, you can pour a little dry garlic, paprika, marjoram.
Turmeric will give beautiful color to cabbage dishes.
Dry spices need to be combined and poured into a jar. Seeds (dill, caraway seeds) can be added to the spice mixture immediately, but not crushed, otherwise the essential oil will appear. But before adding to the dish, it is advisable to grind them a little in a mortar to release the essential oils.
