For experienced gardeners, the answer to the question of whether it is necessary to remove garlic arrows is unequivocally positive. But far from many find their use in cooking, preferring to just throw it away. In the best case scenario, they will replenish the contents of the compost heap. But they can be salted, pickled, fried. Garlic arrows are tasty and fragrant if fried with the addition of hot and spicy seasonings.
It is necessary
Garlic arrows, vegetable oil, onions, carrots, tomatoes, ground black and red peppers, coriander, soy sauce
Instructions
Step 1
Before talking about the cooking process, it is important to learn how to properly extract these same arrows. There is no particular difficulty in simply breaking off each arrow where it exits. But in this case, part of the harvest of the arrows will be lost. The fact is that the most successful moment of harvesting the arrows comes when they can be gently pulled out of the garlic rod with a little effort. When breaking off, there is still 8–10 cm of the arrow inside. Moreover, this part is the most tender and juicy.
Step 2
Once the arrow is overripe, it will inevitably break off. Therefore, it is important not to miss the moment when the arrows have already appeared, have grown a little, but have not yet become stiff. Even if a lot of garlic is planted, and all the arrows cannot be eaten at once, they need to be drawn out as long as possible. After cutting into pieces, the arrows can be frozen and used later.
Step 3
For frying, as a rule, the thinnest upper part is cut off, and everything else, including the seed head that has not yet formed completely, is cut into pieces 3-4 cm long. Beforehand, you need to hold the arrows in boiling water for 2-4 minutes. The time depends on their level of maturity. If they are already harsh, then a little longer. After that, they are reclined in a colander to drain excess liquid.
Step 4
Now you can start frying directly. The arrows are fried in vegetable oil, the choice of which can be left to the hostess. First of all, onions are fried until golden brown, of which 2-3 pieces are taken. medium size by about 0.5 kg garlic arrows. You can add carrots, tomatoes, or a spoonful of tomato paste to the onions. Then boiled arrows are already added to this frying.
Step 5
The whole process of frying the garlic arrows takes no more than 15 minutes, so 5 minutes before it ends, you need to sprinkle the dish with ground black and hot red pepper, ground coriander. If there is a chili pepper, then its fruit will also be in place. The arrows do not have a pronounced garlic taste, like the cloves themselves, so a few cloves can be chopped into the pan where they are fried. Before removing from heat, add liquid soy sauce (1-2 tablespoons).
