Packaging: 20 g.
Black mustard is a spicy-aromatic plant known, like the previous species, to the ancient Greeks and Romans. They cultivated ego as a food product, which was considered a medicine at the same time. As now, table mustard was prepared from the seeds. According to the old books, the seeds were first soaked in water, then crushed and boiled, adding honey and vegetable oil.
The black mustard plant is grown in France, Italy, England, Romania, Turkey, as well as in India, China, Black mustard is found in the wild in Ukraine, where it is also cultivated. It grows in the Caucasus, in the states of Central Asia. It has other names: real mustard, French mustard.
Description
It looks very similar to white mustard. "It reaches a height of 30-60-80 cm. Its leaves are lyre-shaped, pinnate-notched. The flowers are yellow. When ripening, a pod (fruit) is formed, which contains round small seeds of yellow-brown, sometimes even black, with a diameter of more than 1 mm. Black mustard seeds have a sharp, astringent taste, smell reminiscent of horseradish. Chemical Medicinal properties: In medical practice, black mustard seeds are used, which have approximately the same composition as white mustard seeds. That is, they contain essential oil (corresponding to 35% and 1% potassium salt), etc. They make a powder from mustard seeds that helps to relieve pain. rheumatism. Black mustard is used in the pharmaceutical industry.
The seeds of black mustard are used quite often in the home cooking and food industry due to their characteristic smell and taste.
They smell like horseradish. Black mustard seeds are used in the preparation of canned vegetables, meat and fish, for flavoring dishes from cabbage and red cabbage. In the food industry, all types of mustard are used for the preparation of various types of spices used in industry and home cooking. The main mass of black and white seeds Black mustard seeds give it a special taste. In the Transcaucasian countries, black mustard seeds are used in the production of 100% black mustard, Ayurveda Here is Ayurveda, cosmetics, Indian tea, and jewelry.
