Dill

Description

Dill is one of those spices you can use in the most diverse food combinations. Any soup gets better with a sprinkle of dill. Scrambled eggs, egg salad, tuna salad, and mashed potatoes also get a whole new, different flavor when you add dill. The same goes for fish and any chicken dish. And what would pickled cucumbers be without dill seeds or stalks?

Dill is a very ancient herb, mentioned in both the Bible and 5,000-year-old Egyptian medical manuscripts. A few teaspoons of dill in a cup of boiling water make a soothing tea for infant colic, and it also calms nerves and promotes good sleep. Chewing the seeds can give you fresh breath and increase milk flow for nursing mothers. Approximately one teaspoon of dill contains 43% of the daily required Vitamin A and 40% of the recommended Vitamin C. It also has 18% manganese, 11% folate, and 10% iron, as well as calcium, fiber, copper, phosphorus, B6, potassium, and more. Dill has also been observed in many studies to protect against cancer.

USAGE: Dill is widely used in vegetable, meat, fish, and other seafood dishes.

MANASGARSAS.LV RECOMMENDATION: Try making hot sandwiches with cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and sprinkle a pinch of dried dill over them.