What would you use coriander for?

Answer 1

Cumin seeds are good carminatives which help to relieve abdominal distension. It helps to digest food and improve peristalsis. Another use which is very rarely known is that it helps to minimise the abdominal pain during menstrual periods when consumed for 2 weeks prior to the date of menstruation. It is good to consume with warm water.

Answer 2

Coriander is also known as Cilantro or Chinese Parsley.

These ground seeds are commonly used in Asian food, pickling and sausages.

Coriander has historically been used to treat insomnia, and as a diuretic

Answer 3

Culinary uses - Add fresh, tender, young cilantro (the leaves of the coriander plant) to salads, and use as a garnish for fish and soups. Cilantro is an essential ingredient of salsa, tomato sauces, and chutneys, and is a staple in Asian, Mexican, South and Central American, and East Indian cuisine.

Try cilantro in your favorite recipes for tuna, crab, salmon, snapper, and shrimp, and enjoy its special piquancy in stir-fry dishes and lamb stews, or with pork, cooked beans, fried rice, and poultry. Cilantro loses its flavor quickly when cooked, so add it just prior to serving.

Coriander seeds are a vital ingredient of curry powder, and all East Indian curry recipes. In India, the seeds are often lightly toasted before grinding to heighten their curry-like flavor. In Middle Eastern cooking, coriander is widely used in meat dishes and stews.

Use coriander seeds, either whole or ground, in pickles, soups, sauces, fruit desserts, such as stewed apples or Prunes, and with all types of meat dishes. Add to mulled wine to impart a warm, summery flavor.

Ground coriander is used commercially to flavor baked goods and processed meats such as Hot Dogs and sausages, while the oil extracted from the seeds is used in the preparation of canned soups, sauces, candy, Chewing Gum, ice cream, liqueurs, gin, and even tobacco products.

Boil the roots, Thai-style, to flavor soups and chicken dishes.

Craft uses - Include fragrant coriander seeds in potpourris and sachets.
.In Asian medicine, coriander is used to treat headaches, colic, ulcers, piles, inflammation, and conjunctivitis. The oil of coriander has also been used to treat neuralgia and rheumatism.

Coriander is a herb widely used in Asian cooking. Especially in curries, kebabs and spicy food.

Answer 4

Coriander is a herb, it has a distinct spicy taste and is often used to enhance the flavour of spicy food such as curry, balti, kebabs or other mainly Indian Food, it is also used as a garnish for spicy food.

Answer 5

It helps with gas and other stomach problems.

Answer 6

Coriander is a popular spice in Mexican dishes, called cilantro in those dishes, and the seeds are a common spice used to spice sausages and the pickling process.