Some housewives do not know how to stew cabbage so that it does not stink, and therefore deprive themselves and their family of a delicious and extremely healthy dish. Meanwhile, it can be quickly and easily removed. Read on for 10 ways to deal with the side effects of quenching.
Why does the cabbage stink?
Almost all types of cabbage give an unpleasant smell when cooking. But especially in this case white cabbage sins. When heated, the sulfur compounds that it contains turn into a volatile state. Moisture evaporates and a sickening smell permeates the entire apartment. What is characteristic, when cooking a vegetable, the aroma is not so strong. Spices clog it in the borsch, and the water does not boil away as much as when stewed. Accordingly, less vapor and less tangible aroma.
How to remove the stink?
There are at least 10 ways to eliminate an unpleasant cabbage flavor. They are simple, do not require a lot of time or significant material costs. You will be surprised how quickly the problem is resolved.
Sulfur smell exudes not only stewed cabbage, but also rotten eggs, as well as gases that accumulate in the human intestines. In large doses, hydrogen sulfide is dangerous and can cause nausea, dizziness, suffocation, poisoning, and even coma. However, during cooking, its concentration is negligible. The negative reactions that aroma causes are more likely to be associated with unpleasant associations. The product is involuntarily perceived as spoiled. By the way, you can get used to the smell of sulfur. Those who cook stewed cabbage often cease to notice it.
Braised cabbage as a standalone dish
The surest way to get rid of the unpleasant smell of the dish is to ask him to cook someone else, and then go for a walk himself. Joke. How to stew cabbage, so as not to stink:
- Add the crust of stale bread during stewing. It absorbs unpleasant odors. After cooking, be sure to remove the bread from the pan.
- Chop the cabbage and leave for half an hour. During this time, the juice that appears will dry out - and the aroma during the quenching will not be so strong.
- Use bay leaf. The spice will not only remove the sulfur smell, but also perfectly complement the taste of the dish.
- Pour boiled water over the chopped vegetable. After half an hour, cook in the usual way. Boiling water will remove all odors.
- Keep the lid open for about 10 minutes. Then the smell of stewed cabbage will not be so concentrated.
- The characteristic aroma of parsley, dill, caraway seeds and walnuts perfectly clogs.
- Try first cooking the onion and carrot and then add the cabbage. Stir the dish for 5–7 minutes without pouring water. Then cook as usual.
- Cook the stewed cabbage with sausages or a hodgepodge set. The dish will smell appetizing, not stink.
For topping in a pie
If you plan to use stewed cabbage for making a pie or pies, another way will help. Use milk instead of quenching water. Cabbage stewed in milk does not stink at all. On the contrary, it exudes a very delicate and pleasant aroma.
Step by step recipe:
- Chop 300 g of cabbage and mix with 2 grated cloves of garlic, put in a saucepan.
- Pour in the same 150 ml of milk and put it to simmer on low heat without a lid.
- After 10 minutes, add a tablespoon of butter, salt, freshly ground black pepper and nutmeg (a pinch).
- Simmer until the milk has evaporated.
The dish is very tasty and tender. You can serve it as a side dish, seasoning with fresh parsley.
How else can you deal with bad smell?
The characteristic aroma does not like many people. Therefore, a lot of ways to deal with it were invented. Some are even willing to use a gas mask. But there are other effective methods:
- Install the hood. The device, placed above the stove, perfectly copes with kitchen aromas. You just need to remember to turn it on while cooking.
- Vinegar soaked gauze. Mix water and table vinegar in half. Soak a solution of gauze. Put it on the stewpan when you start stewing the cabbage. Install the cover on top. Acetic solution eliminates extraneous odors, including cabbage.
The flavor of the cooked dish
Sometimes people are so sensitive to the smell of stewed cabbage that they cannot eat it. To kill it in a cooked dish, use the following methods:
- cook cabbage in milk;
- serve cabbage (cold) with sour cream;
- prepare a dish with meat, sausage, bell pepper, pumpkin, mushrooms, raisins, prunes, tomatoes, carrots, beans;
- during stewing, use tomato paste with spices: basil, coriander, caraway seeds, marjoram, garlic, nutmeg, oregano, dill, bay leaf, freshly ground pepper.
Braised cabbage is a healthy, dietary product. 100 grams contains only 20 Kcal. It is rich in vitamins B2, PP, C, A, fiber and mineral salts. With regular use of the dish, the skin is cleansed, digestion and metabolism are established. And stewed cabbage is a delicious side dish for meat. Therefore, do not give up its use because of the smell. During cooking, use the tricks described above, and the sulfurous aroma will cease to annoy you.