Do you love coriander as much as I do? Coriander is widely used in cooking. Korean-style carrot salad, adjika, satsivi, tkemali, curry, and most Eastern sauces—coriander is indispensable if you want an authentic dish with the aroma of history… Coriander is popular from Africa to the Mediterranean. Read more about the benefits of coriander in the article
Properties and Benefits of Coriander
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I will tell you about the use of coriander seeds in cooking. It’s best to buy whole coriander seeds and grind them immediately before use, for example, crush them in a mortar for soups and sauces, or grind them in a coffee grinder for marinades for poultry and meat.
Coriander with Meat
Eastern-style Chicken Wings
- 10 chicken wings
- 2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of mustard oil (or any vegetable oil)
- 1 tsp of ground coriander
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp of honey or 2 tsp of sugar
- peppers to taste; salt is not needed.
Mix the ingredients for the marinade. Cut the wings at the joints, marinate them, and let sit for several hours, up to 2 days. Occasionally stir the wings for even coating. You can also add ginger to this marinade.
Mini Bread with Coriander
- 100 ml of water
- 150 grams of rye sourdough starter
- 1 tsp of coriander seeds
- 1 tsp of mustard oil or sunflower oil
- 115 grams of first-grade flour
- 140 grams of rye flour
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- salt to taste
How to prepare a sourdough starter can be found
here
. Dilute the sourdough starter with water and add rye flour until the consistency of sour cream, then leave it in a warm place overnight. Take 150 grams of the starter, mix it with 100 ml of water, and add a pinch of salt, sugar, and coriander. Add rye flour, then wheat flour, and knead the dough. Divide the dough into 4 parts. Place the dough in silicone molds, cover with plastic wrap, and leave in a warm place for 2 hours. Bake for 20 minutes at 200°C. Let the bread cool in the oven.
Fish also loves coriander very much.
