Kompas.com – Have you ever felt a bitter or bitter feeling when tasting food? If so, maybe one of the causes is the kitchen material used.
Some kitchen ingredients can actually make the food feel bitter, especially if the processing is not quite right.
Small mistakes in the use of certain ingredients can damage the taste of cooking, even though it was initially good.
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Usually, kitchen ingredients with a strong aroma also have a pretty dominant taste, causing a bitter taste if not processed properly.
Food ingredients that can make bitter dishes
The following are four kitchen ingredients that you need to be aware of so that your cooking remains delicious.
1. Turmeric
Turmeric, kitchen ingredients that are often used to give yellow color to cooking, can cause bitter taste if not processed properly. This bitter taste appears when turmeric is used without going through the combustion process first.
Tips: Before use, burn turmeric until the skin is burnt, then peel the scorched skin. In this way, turmeric will be more ready to use without causing bitter taste.
2. Lice leaf
Orange leaves are often a complement to cooking to add a fragrant aroma. However, orange leaves can cause bitter taste if the hard stem in the middle of the leaves is not discarded.
Illustration of fresh orange leaves. This often occurs in dishes such as peyek, where orange leaves are thinly sliced and eaten with dishes.
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Tip: Make sure you throw the middle rod of orange leaves before processing it to avoid bitter taste.
3. Tamarind
Young acid fruit often produces bitter taste when used in dishes such as acid vegetables. This bitter taste can damage the whole taste of dishes.
Eating tamarind can help overcome several diseases, such as cholesterol and inflammation.Tips: Avoid using young acid fruit. Instead, use ripe tamarind so that the taste of cooking remains balanced.
4. Petis
Petis, typical material from East Java, can cause bitter taste if cooked too long or sauteed at high temperatures.
Rujak Petis Madiun-This is the Rujak Petis Madiun which was sold at Mbak Pur’s Petis Petis Warung on Jalan Captain Saputro, Kejuron Village, Taman District, Madiun City, East Java.Tip: Add paste at the end of the cooking process to avoid excessive heat exposure, so that the bitter taste can be minimized.
Avoid aluminum equipment
In addition to these ingredients, the use of aluminum cooking utensils can also cause bitter taste in cooking.
Especially if you cook acidic ingredients such as vinegar, lime, or tamarind. Acid can dissolve aluminum metals and affect the taste of cooking.
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Solution: Use Mo -Cooking Equipment stainless steelwood, or other material that is safer for processing cooking dishes.
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