Prunes have a set of useful properties from which main thing is the ability to normalize functions of digestive tract. It helps and at anemia, a hypertension, obesity. It is a valuable dietary product. Consumption of prunes in the period of a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables allows to saturate an organism with necessary vitamins and minerals. Prunes contain iron, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium. This сухофрукт is applied also in cosmetology: do the masks removing irritation of skin of it, and dried plums decoction improves complexion.
It is required to you
- on 100 g of prunes 400 ml of water undertake;
- sugar to taste;
- faience
- the porcelain or enameled ware.
Instruction
1. Prunes, its broths and infusions are used in the medical purposes as natural depletive. Before the use touch dried fruits, clean from accidental impurity, fruit stems and carefully wash out in warm water. It is also recommended to take them several minutes in hot water that the preservatives sometimes applied by production of prunes passed into water.
2. For preparation of broth from prunes take 100 grams of dried fruits (the amount of berries in 100 grams can vary depending on their size). Upon purchase give preference to dried fruits without stones, but if you bought prunes with stones, then they need to be taken, making an incision berries a knife.
3. Put prunes in a pan of small volume and fill in with two glasses (400 ml) of cold water. If it is necessary, add sugar to taste, but the drink made without sugar will be more useful especially as prunes in itself rather sweet (content of sugars in 100 g of a product – 38 g).
4. Bring water to the boil and remove a pan from fire. Cover and give it to contents to cool down and infuse. Filter the broth cooled to room temperature through a gauze or a sieve.
5. prepare also the infusion having the same properties. Fill in several fruits of prunes with a glass of boiled water, cover and leave to infuse at several o'clock (it is possible to leave also for the night). The filtered infusion is accepted as required.
6. As option, make the tea with prunes having laxative effect. Fill in a little washed черносливин without stones with boiled water for 10 minutes, then drain water and small cut berries. Put 1 teaspoon of black tea and the crushed prunes in a teapot or a cup, fill in mix with boiled water that it was slightly covered with water. Let's infuse within two minutes and add boiled water to top, add a lemon slice.
7. From the prunes which remained after filtering of broth or infusion it is possible to make puree, having crushed it in the blender. Puree is used in baby food and also at preparation of various desserts and sauces.