Carrot tea: cooking recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

To say that carrot tea is the most common drink in our lives is impossible. Although there are some fans who are ready to plant the whole garden with this root crop, so that later they can enjoy its taste and aroma all winter. And many of them claim that this hot drink has long since replaced regular tea.

Let's try to figure out what carrot tea is, how to prepare it and what benefits it brings.

Properties and benefits

Taking a hot drink of dried root vegetables is recommended when:

• chronic constipation;
• ARVI;
• eye diseases;
• hypertension;
• anemia;
• prostat;
• disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;
• Urolithiasis.

The benefits are achieved due to the content of trace elements (phosphorus, iodine, calcium), carotene, flavonoids, amino acids and vitamins in carrots.

With the constant use of carrot tea, a surge of vivacity, improvement of immunity and strengthening of the human skeletal system are noted.

The only factor affectingthe benefit of the drink is the quality of the root crop used. Buy small to medium sized carrots as the larger one is most likely grown with chemical fertilizers.

Contraindications

Who should not drink carrot tea? There are only 3 contraindications: an allergy to a root crop, the period of pregnancy and breastfeeding. And also with an increase in the rate indicated in the recipe, a person may experience nausea, vomiting and headache.

Therefore, carrot tea should be consumed strictly in 200 ml (glass) between meals.

Carrot Tea: Basic Recipe

List of required ingredients:

• 600ml water;
• 1 tbsp l. black loose tea;
• 2 pcs carrots.

Preparation:

Peeled carrots through a grater and squeeze the juice. Spread the chopped vegetable on a baking sheet, put it in a sunny place for 3 hours, then put it in the oven to dry.

Infusion:

1. Mix oven-dried root vegetable with tea leaves and pour boiling water.
2. After 6 minutes, add water to 2/3 of the kettle's volume.
3. Cover and leave for 4 minutes.
4. Carrot tea is ready. Serve preferably with honey or sugar.

Carrot tea: how to cook in the oven

What to do when it is winter outside and there is no opportunity to dry the root crop in the sun? You can cook vegetable brew in another way. To do this, you need to finely chop the carrots and dry it in the oven for threereception for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. Do not forget to follow the process, otherwise the chopped root crop will burn.

Ready tea leaves are cooled in a natural way and transferred to a glass or tin container for storage. Brew it in the usual way: 2-3 tsp. pour boiling water and leave for 10 minutes to infuse. The finished drink has a pleasant fruity tint, and it is impossible to distinguish it from ordinary tea. Children can drink it with milk and honey.

Secrets of taste

What herbs can I pair carrot tea with? How to prepare not only he althy, but also tasty drink? To answer the questions posed, it is enough to know 4 secrets of brewing carrot tea.

Secret 1. You can chop dried carrots with leaves and pour boiling water over them. The result is a drink whose color is indistinguishable from regular tea.

Secret 2. Put a handful of dried carrots in the teapot. Pour a small amount of boiling water and leave for half an hour to infuse. This drink is preferably consumed without sweeteners.

Secret 3. Cook dry pieces of the root crop in a Russian oven. Brew and infuse for a few minutes. Carrot tea prepared using this technology will turn out to be pleasant in taste and incredibly fragrant.

Secret 4. To brew this drink, you need to take the ingredients according to the following scheme: 5 tsp. dried nettles, carrots, rose hips and 1 tsp. dry currants. To stir thoroughly. Put a tablespoon in a porcelain teapotthe resulting mixture of dry ingredients and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for tincture for 4 hours. After strain and consume in its pure form without sweeteners.

Using haulm

Only the lazy do not know about the beneficial properties of carrots, but the tops are always sent to the trash can. But in vain! Few people know that carrot tea is prepared not only from the root, but also from the leaves. In summer, it is desirable to use it fresh, in winter - dried.

To make tea from dried stems, you need to chop the tops and pour a glass of boiling water. Let it brew for a quarter of an hour and consume.

There is another recipe for fresh leaves. Pour a teaspoon of chopped stems with 200 ml of water and put on a slow fire. Remove from stove after 15 minutes, strain and drink tea.

"Carrot Creme Brulee" recipe for 6 servings with vegetable brew

Dessert prepared in this way will be a great end to a cold winter day when you want to wrap yourself in a blanket and enjoy something tasty, fragrant and he althy.

List of ingredients:

• 2, 5 tbsp. heavy cream;
• 0.5 tbsp brown sugar;
• 0.5 tbsp milk;
• 4 egg yolks;
• 0, 5 tbsp. carrot tea;
• 8 carnations;
• 0.5 tsp ginger;
• cinnamon stick;
• 1 tsp cardamom.

Cooking:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
2. Milk, ginger, cardamom, carrot tea,cream, cinnamon, cloves mix in a saucepan and put on the stove.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat, close the lid and leave to infuse for 15 minutes.
5. Strain the mixture through a sieve. Place 6 special creme brulee molds on a baking sheet.
6. Beat the yolks with sugar and add to the mixture where the carrot tea is already.
7. Stir creme brulee and distribute into molds.
8. Pour a small amount of hot water into a baking sheet and cover with foil, after piercing it in several places.
9. Bake dessert for about half an hour.
10. Then remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes.
11. Cool the finished dessert in a natural way, cover with paper (waxed) and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Garnish the dessert with whipped cream and optionally sprinkle with ginger.

Last tip

Dry a he althy root crop and its tops for the winter. It is very beneficial for eye he alth and will improve the vision of both far-sighted and near-sighted people. In general, drink he althy teas and get he althy!