Chilli, spice with stone
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Add a little red pepper to your dishes. But rubbing your eyes after cutting is not a good idea. What makes chilies so hot? And why are they good for the diet?
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We also call chili peppers red peppers or chili peppers. Like the sweet pepper and potato, they belong to the nightshade family. There are all kinds, sizes and colors. Green peppers are red peppers that are not yet ripe. In addition, orange, yellow and white peppers are grown. All these elongated peppers are not relatives of the black and white grains that you grind into pepper. Those grains are berries from a different type of pepper plant. They do have a similar function in the kitchen: making dishes spicy.
Capsaicin
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The substance that makes chilies so hot is capsaicin. Capsaicin stimulates receptors on your tongue that are meant to sense heat, making it feel like you have something hot in your mouth. There are also such receptors on your skin and mucous membranes. Rubbing your eyes after touching a pepper can therefore hurt a lot. How spicy a type of pepper is is expressed on the Scoville scale. A bell pepper scores 0 Scoville units, the jalapeno pepper 2500-8000 and the Tabasco pepper - known for the spicy sauce that you only need a drop of - even 30,000-70,000. Some peppers are so hot that you can only cut them with gloves. They are especially popular in warm countries, possibly because they sweat and cool off so nicely. The hot substance is also found in creams against nerve pain, rheumatoid arthritis and itching, for example. The capsaicin ensures that pain and sensory stimuli are not passed on to the brain, so that you experience less pain and itching.
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
Against the heat
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Boiling or baking does not make peppers spicy any less. It does help to remove the seeds and seed lists (the white part to which the seeds are attached). In addition, your body gets used to capsaicin. If you regularly eat peppers, you will find that you can handle it better and better. Is your mouth on fire after all? Drinking water is pointless, as capsaicin does not dissolve in water. It does dissolve in fat and alcohol. So rather drink some milk or an alcoholic drink when the flames are blowing from your ears. Don't touch your eyes if you just cut a pepper. If you get pepper in your eyes, rinsing it out with milk helps. Or rub your hands with a little oil before cutting peppers to wash off the capsaicin afterwards more easily.
Burn calories
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Chillies contain vitamin C, carbohydrates, protein, fiber and fat, but since you only use a small amount, their nutritional value is actually negligible. There are indications that peppers are good for your diet. For example, an American study showed that you get less appetite and use more calories if you add a spoonful of pepper to your meal. A study by Maastricht UMC + showed that pepper can prevent the yo-yo effect. Extra capsaicin in the food prevented the subjects' energy expenditure from decreasing during a diet. In addition, their fat burning went up.
 € ‹Recipes
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Do you have any peppers left? They come in handy in these dishes. Spicy lentil tomato soup Spicy coconut soup Sea bass, fennel and citrus ceviche Thai beef curry Oriental Chicken Salad
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5 minDrink without alcoholbananas, cool fresh apple-pear raspberry juice, Soy drink vanilla,soy fruit shake -
20 minMain dishsauerkraut, sticking potato, liquid baking product, half-to-half minced, Spice meatballs, pineapple, olive oil, liquid baking product,gratin sauerkraut dish with minced meat -
40 minMain dishlemongrass, fresh ginger, Red peppers, onions, tomato cubes, fresh cod fillet, coriander, oil, ground turmeric (koenjit), coconut milk, salt,fish in creamy coconut sauce -
15 minSide dishsweet potato, soft goat cheese, egg, spring / forest onion,stuffed sweet potato with egg