Useful treat yourself - candied ginger

In our stores, today there is everything you can wish for. The products are rich in assortment, among which are both vegetables and fruits, and various delicious treats. How to resist all these sweet desserts? Yes, it is difficult and we all go and buy tea for biscuits, cakes, cakes, then we begin to worry that we have recovered greatly. What, then, in general, to give up the sweet and flour in order not to gain extra pounds? No, it's just that you need the right desserts, and today you will learn everything about ginger candies, how to cook them and what is their use.

Candied fruits from the east

Candied fruits and ginger

A few words for those who do not know these two products very well. Candied fruit is usually fruit, or rather, their pieces, which are cooked in sweet syrup. Yes, they have sugar, but still they are much more useful than sweets, cakes, because the basis of the product is fruits that are rich in different vitamins and the elements we need. Candied fruits can be eaten as an independent dessert, and in porridges, sweet dishes, in yoghurts, ice cream. Here, who, what like. A kind of delicacy from the countries of the east, for thousands of years, candied fruits have been served to the table on different holidays and are simply consumed in the diet every day.

Ginger has many useful properties

Ginger is a root crop, which also comes from distant countries, grows mainly in Asia, but there are gardeners who are trying to grow this vegetable in our country. Ginger is famous since ancient times for its useful properties, unusual spicy and tart taste and aroma. From it you can prepare a lot of different dishes, as well as there is just fresh, after pre-cleaning.



Ginger candied fruits are a unique product that will surprise your guests, please with their unusual taste and make your body healthier. Recipes of ginger candied fruits we will tell you below.

For information! Many have become accustomed to making candied fruits only, but they can also be made from vegetables, peel and even watermelon skins.

Ginger candied fruits - their benefit and harm

About the benefits of the

dessert Of course, the usefulness of any dish will depend on what it was made from. Our candied fruits are ginger, and you can talk about it endlessly. Certainly, some of the nutrients will be lost during cooking, but still the dessert will give your health a tangible positive charge. All thanks to the composition of the ginger root, which contains:

Candied fruits are useful, because they are prepared from the healing ginger root

• acid - nicotinic, linoleic, caprylic, oleic;
• vitamins - A, E, B, C;
• elements - iron, calcium, potassium, chromium, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, silicon, germanium, aluminum;
• asparagine - is part of the proteins that our body needs as a building material;
• amino acids;
• fiber or vegetable coarse fibers;
• essential oils;
• resins;
• tsingibenen, choline, valine, phenylanine, threonine, methionine.

Each of these components is responsible for its functions, it gives us one or another benefit, in general, all substances work in a complex, and ginger for health plays a very big role, as well as dishes from it.

Did you know? Ginger - the name is beautiful, given the root crop for its appearance. The root has many branches, which are horns protruding in different directions. So, if you translate the name ginger from Sanskrit, it will be a horned word.

So, the benefits of ginger candied fruits will be as follows:

• is a powerful remedy against inflammatory processes in the body;Candied ginger candies can help with all kinds of respiratory diseases;
• thanks to the fiber content of the product well satisfies the hunger, which is useful for people with excess weight;
• in cold evenings in the autumn or in the winter pieces of ginger candied fruits will warm;
• helps with swelling, unpleasant pain in the throat, coughing;
• perfectly stimulates our natural defense or immunity;
• ginger candies are delicious and sweet, which raises the mood, helps to eat more correctly, without denying yourself sweet and without stress;
• very well help to stimulate the processes in our digestive tract;
• is saved with intoxication of the body, suppresses nausea;
  
• can relieve spasms;
• stimulate blood flow, ensure the cleaning of blood vessels from cholesterol, the body from toxins and toxins;
• has a beneficial effect on women's and men's health;
• improve the performance of the cardiovascular system;
• proves that the ginger root helps to reduce the risk of developing cancer, so the dishes from it can have a positive effect and serve as a good prevention;
• perfectly stimulates mental activity, improves memory, positively influences the nervous system of a person, protecting it from stresses, depressions, bad mood;
• contribute to weight loss by adjusting lipid metabolism.

Agree, it is impressive that such great opportunities, at first glance, have a nondescript root. Not only will you eat very unusual and atypical candied fruits, since their taste differs from traditional desserts, so also you will have a positive effect on your health. And the fact that you can lose weight, while not excluding everything from the diet that is associated with sugar, warms the soul. After all, it is the fear of refusing tasty, pleasant desserts, which so often people buy themselves to cheer up, relieve stress, get distracted, do not let them start to lose weight. And it turns out a vicious circle - sweet pleases, calms and drives into depression, depression simultaneously, when the summer comes and the complexes get out of the way to the beach. So, you learned about the benefits of candied ginger from ginger, now about the harm.

On cons of dessert

Unfortunately, not all people can afford to eat ginger root, because it is quite sharp, tart. These qualities in the product are contraindicated when there is an acute gastrointestinal disease, ulcer, chronic gastritis, erosion. Affected places in the organs can be badly affected by such a saturated acute product, and the health will not improve, but worsen.

It's better to be careful with ginger and women who wear a baby or feed it. Only a minimal amount of a product and then after the permission of a doctor can be used for food by this category of women. It is not necessary to eat ginger and products from it, if there are acute liver and kidney diseases, after a heart attack and stroke it is also better to refrain from the product. Even if you think that you are healthy at 100%, but have not visited a doctor for a long time, then it's better not to take chances. It is not difficult to undergo a survey, and each of us needs to do this in order to identify risks at the earliest stages. Health is priceless and better to protect it than to deal with the consequences of its negligence.



So, you have already learned enough useful information, but do not rush into the store to find the eastern delicacy, as, as we promised earlier, the recipe for making ginger candies at home is described below. Hereinafter it is he described.

We make ginger candied fruits - quickly, simply and with our own hands

Recipe "Economical"

You will definitely be the best mistress when you give such a delicacy to guests, yes, also tell about the benefits. To make candied fruits according to this recipe, which, by the way, we called it because it's very simple and quick to make a treat, which will save your time and energy, buy the root of ginger. It is desirable that he was young. At home, wash it thoroughly, peel it off.

Unique dessert with your own hands

Attention! Ginger though root, but just like potatoes it is not worth cleaning, that is, to remove a thick layer of skin with a knife, otherwise you risk throwing a useful layer of

into the trash can.

To peel off the skin with a thin layer, use a vegetable brushing or a sharp knife, if the root is young, the peel will be removed even by a hard sponge. So, now you cut the root with cubes or rings, to whom you like. Next, pour water in a saucepan and cook after boiling for 25-30 minutes. Water is removed, pour ginger pieces of sugar, as if you are doing this with a normal berry. Ginger should stand 24 hours, until it absorbs all the sugar, after which it is placed in the coolness in a glass jar. Candied fruits are ready.

Recipe "Traditional"

The name of the recipe is because most often candied fruits are made with syrup. So we will do so. So, you need about a kilogram of ginger root. How to wash and clean, we already said, cut too. In a liter of water, dissolve 500 grams of sugar, put on a plate, and when the composition boils, connect it with ginger slices. Candied fruit will be cooked for 60 minutes, by the end of time the syrup will be thick, and the ginger will change color to transparent and glossy. Next, you remove the syrup with a glass stopper, sprinkle pieces of sugar, put them to dry on parchment or simply on paper.

Tip! Do not pour out the syrup, it will solidify and can be used in tea, as a sweetener. It turns out a very unusual drink to your candied fruits, which, by the way, can be stored for several months.

Recipe "Totally Equal"

For these candied fruits, you take sugar and ginger root in equal parts. First dissolve in water, that it was 2.5 times more, put on fire, second, that is ginger, wash, clean, cut and cook separately in water for 40 minutes. Then connect the sugar syrup and ginger root slices, cook, stirring constantly, so that the pieces become transparent, and the syrup is almost boiled, and nothing burned. Next, take the candied fruits, put them on parchment, sprinkle with sugar again and put in the oven to dry for half an hour. The dessert is ready.

Here are some homemade ginger candies you made, as which you can be sure. Enjoy your appetite and health from dessert.