Potatoes are quite an affordable and well-known vegetable in our country. The main thing when preparing it is to follow a number of rules in order to preserve its useful and nutritional properties as much as possible.
Potatoes are eaten almost all over the world. And you can't even count how many tasty and healthy dishes you can make from it.
It is important to know that the largest amount of vitamins and minerals in potatoes is found under the skin. Therefore, when you peel this vegetable, the skin must be removed as thin as possible, then the maximum amount of nutrients will remain in the potato.
If you are going to cook the tubers, then put them not in cold, but already boiling water.
The ideal option for preserving all vitamins and minerals is considered to be potatoes baked in the oven in foil, besides, it is also very tasty.
But frying potatoes is not recommended, for obvious reasons. But if you really want to, then use it with vegetables such as carrots, bell peppers or lettuce leaves.
A peeled vegetable should not be kept in water for a long time, it will simply dissolve the vitamins it contains.
Potato tubers that are bitter or turn green should not be eaten, since substances harmful to the human body have formed in them.
Compliance with these simple rules will allow you to enjoy the taste and benefits of such a wonderful vegetable as potatoes.
