It is hard to imagine a homemade diet without potatoes, this "second bread." However, not everyone has the opportunity to grow vegetables in their own area. You have to buy a product in a market or in a store. Unfortunately, the quality of the goods is not always possible to control. Nutritionists advise soaking potatoes before cooking. Water will remove not only an excess of starch, but also nitrates, as well as other harmful substances.
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You will need
- - potatoes;
- - water;
- - knife;
- - rag or brush;
- - pan;
- - salt;
- - vitamin C.
Instruction manual
1
Try to always soak potatoes, even if you do not have allergic reactions to starch. Vegetables necessarily require the removal of harmful substances if they are purchased from a little-known seller.
2
Please note that small fruits often accumulate a large amount of nitrates, and too large can be the result of excess nitrogen recharge. In addition, green, rusty or gray-purple spots should alert you - all these are the results of various tuber diseases.
3
Select medium-sized potatoes, peel them thoroughly with a rag or brush. According to plant growers, the highest concentration of nitrates is noted in the peel, so potatoes should be peeled deeply.
4
Sort vegetables with suspicious spots: throw away the green ones, and remove the remaining problem areas. At the same time, grab with a knife and the pristine flesh of the tuber around the sore.
5
Rinse the peeled potatoes and pour them with plenty of clean, unboiled water. If the culinary recipe allows, cut the vegetables into cubes - then harmful substances will be washed out more efficiently. According to experts, when soaking whole tubers, the level of nitrates decreases by 2-4.4 times less.
6
Leave the potatoes for 1-2 hours, then drain the first water and replace it with fresh. After the same period of time, repeat the procedure. Add a small amount of sodium chloride and ascorbic acid to the third water. Now vegetables should stand in water for a whole day. During this time, nitrates and other harmful elements will completely go into the salt-acid solution.
7
Before cooking, refill potatoes with fresh water, then bring to a boil. Drain the white foam that appears, rinse the vegetables and change the liquid again. Finally, the tubers are ready for cooking.
Useful advice
In the process of cooking, the final extraction of nitrates from potatoes occurs. To get a tasty and absolutely safe dish, do not forget to immediately remove the hot broth from the pan immediately after preparing the tubers.