Endivy

Endivy – sheet vegetable culture, is similar to usual salad, but leaves at an endiviya narrower and curly. The plant belongs to Astrov' family, relatives of salad an endiviya are chicory, Belgian endiviya, endive, radicchio, an escarol.

Salad of endiviya was known still in the ancient time. Its homeland is India from where endiviya got to Egypt, and further extended across the Mediterranean. In a wild type of endiviya does not meet. The technology of cultivation of culture an endiviya is quite difficult therefore interest in it moderate, and the vegetable culture did not gain sufficient distribution.

Cultivate two kinds of salad – broad-leaved and curly endiviya. Choosing leaves an endiviya for cooking, it is necessary to watch that they were bright, crackling, equal, without dark specks. If edges at salad brown, and leaves rigid or decoloured, then such endiviya it is not recommended to get.

It is necessary to store salad of endiviya in the dark place as on light it becomes bitter. Also it is necessary to remember that salad has ability to absorb in itself unpleasant smells therefore it should be stored separately from odorous substances.

In food use plant leaves, add them to various salads and sauces, extinguish, use as a garnish, boil. Outside, more dense lettuce leaves well pass for steaming, it is possible to bake meat or fish in them, using as a pocket. It is possible to add endiviya to soup, it gives to broth green color. In soup usually it is cut thin narrow strips.

At leaves endiviya specific bitterish smack. Usually in the center leaves more gentle and less bitter. To get rid of bitterness, before the use leaves soak previously in cold salty water about 20 minutes.

Useful properties endiviya

In spite of the fact that taste at salad an endiviya a little specific, it has the mass of useful qualities. Its leaves contain many vitamins A, With, groups B (especially folic acid), microelements of phosphorus, iron, potassium, chlorine. Consumption an endiviya positively influences health of a nervous system, puts heart and forces, helps to cope with effects of a stress and chronic fatigue.

Useful properties an endiviya help to struggle with a hypertension, anemia, diseases of a liver and biliary tract. According to some information, this plant can help with fight against cancer diseases, in particular, helps to prevent cancer of a rectum, an oral cavity, a bladder, lungs and skin.

Juice the endiviya treats acne rash, oral cavity diseases. For more pleasant taste this juice is mixed with others – carrot, from a celery and parsley.

Juice the endiviya strengthens muscles of eyes and helps to struggle with some visual impairments. Low caloric content of salad an endiviya – only 17 kcal – allows to recommend it for 100 g for consumption to people with an excess weight.

Dietary fibers an endiviya contain up to 8% of their standard daily rate in leaves. Inclusion of this plant in a diet helps to fight against atonic locks as dietary fibers accelerate an intestines peristaltics.

The endiviya, as well as in chicory, contains a lot of inulin. Inulin is a polysaccharide on the basis of fructose, it helps to reduce the level of sugar and cholesterol with blood that will be useful for people with a diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis.

Harm endiviya

There are no contraindications to the use an endiviya. Very seldom the individual intolerance of this vegetable culture meets, in this case endiviya is it is impossible. The intolerance of salad can be shown by food frustration or allergic rash.

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