So-called instant food is sold on almost every corner. With its help, you can quickly kill hunger, if there is no time and desire to cook something more substantial.
Products such as instant noodles "Doshirak" are familiar to one degree or another to any adult. Regardless of social status and gastronomic preferences, it is chosen when you do not want to cook something more substantial. It can be described as the first product, among other things, fast food, which has gained wide popularity in Russia due to good advertising. A couple of decades ago, this food was a novelty for the Russian consumer, but now there are a lot of different brands of similar products.
Why are products named "Doshirak" so popular?
"Doshirak" - food is not only cheap, but also extremely simple to prepare. These qualities are largely responsible for her popularity. To prepare "Doshirak" from a briquette of noodles, it is enough to remove the packaging, pour boiling water over it and add seasonings from the bags.
But no matter what they say about Doshirak noodles, no matter how many commercials are shown, you should not believe everything that is used in advertising to create a good reputation for the product. So, for example, there are no vegetables and meat that are beautifully shown on packages and in advertisements in Doshirak.
The company was even sued, demanding to remove images of meat and vegetables from the packaging. But its representatives explain that this picture is given only as one of the serving methods, and not what is contained in the package.
If you read the list of what is included in the product, you can see such a product as soy texturate among the flavors and flavor enhancers. This is the meat, with the addition of which the noodles called Doshirak are presented to consumers as a filling, nutritious dish.
What is the meat made in "Doshirak"
Soy texturate, soy meat, soy protein texturate - these names mean a product that can be conveniently used to replace meat. It is made from fat-free soy flour. The result is an instant product that is high in protein and low in fat. Whether it is harmful or useful - opinions vary.
Soy meat is produced by extrusion cooking of dough from fat-free soy flour or soybean meal and water. It turns out a mass of spongy consistency - it is crushed and dried. Soy meat resembles animal meat in structure; in cooking it is used as its analogue or substitute.
Before consumption, dry soy meat must be rehydrated - boiled or soaked, after which the original product increases its mass.
Cooking soy meat is carried out by boiling or soaking in broth, as is the case when Doshirak noodles are poured with boiling water. Dry soy meat absorbs the broth - this is how its taste is formed, and the meat becomes suitable for consumption or further processing. When you pour plain water, of course, there will be no taste - to imitate it, there are seasonings in noodle bags.
