Sour cream is a popular fermented milk product that perfectly complements many dishes. It is very difficult to imagine borscht or pancakes without this additive. If you combine it correctly with other products, sour cream will not only delight you with its taste, but will also benefit your health.
Useful properties of sour cream
Fresh sour cream is an invariable addition to many dishes not only in Russian, but also in many other cuisines of the world. It owes this to its unique ability to emphasize the taste of products and smooth out the flaws in taste.
Sour cream is a fermented milk product obtained from cream. Undoubtedly, the product obtained under natural conditions is tastier and healthier - when a layer of cream accumulates on the sour milk, and then the "tops" - sour cream are removed. However, now the process of obtaining the product has changed - fatty pasteurized cream serves as the basis, to which lactic acid bacteria and skim milk are added.
Sour cream is not only tasty, but also healthy. It is full of B vitamins, vitamins A, E, C, D, trace elements and unsaturated fats.
Low-fat sour cream can be consumed every day and can be eaten even during a diet. This product will help normalize metabolic processes, remove excess fluid from the body. However, it should not be abused. It is enough to eat 50-100 grams of low-fat sour cream per day.
What can you eat with sour cream
Speaking about cooking, you can recall many options for dishes with which sour cream is perfectly combined in its taste. Of course, these are pancakes, manti, dumplings and dumplings, borscht, cabbage rolls, mushrooms, various fruit desserts and much more. But if we talk about what you can eat sour cream with, from the point of view of proper nutrition and nutrition, there are some limitations.
It is not recommended to use sour cream with fish, with foods rich in carbohydrates, for example, flour products, sweets, sweet pastries, nuts. You should not eat fatty sour cream with fried dishes - it can be tasty, but definitely not healthy.
It is good to replace mayonnaise with low-fat sour cream and cook vegetable and fruit salads with this dressing.
Who is not allowed to eat sour cream
First of all, sour cream should be limited in consumption by people with gastric ulcer and intestinal ulcers, with high acidity. Fatty sour cream should not be eaten by people with overweight, high cholesterol, liver and gallbladder diseases.
Fresh sour cream is undoubtedly one of the most delicious fermented milk products, which has firmly taken pride of place in Russian and adjacent cuisines for a long time. Using this product correctly, you can not only enjoy the taste, but also benefit your body.
