Selection :Fresh broccoli heads are available year around. In the market, choose fresh, bright, compact, firm textured flower heads with rich flavour. Avoid those with over mature florets featuring yellow flower buds, excessive branches and hollow stem. Whenever possible, go for organic farm products to get maximum health benefits.
Cleaning :Once at home, rinse flower heads by dipping it upside down in salt water for up to 30 minutes and then clean in running cold water before use in cooking in order to remove any pesticide residues and dirt. Broccoli greens should also be treated in the same way as you do in washing any other greens like spinach.
Storage :Eat broccoli while they are fresh. Otherwise, it can be placed inside the refrigerator wrapped in a zip pouch where it may keep well for few days.
How to Grow Your Own Broccoli Sprouts :Actually growing them in soil is far easier and produces more nutritious and abundant food. It is also less time consuming, as with Ball jars you need to rinse them several times a day to prevent mould growth. Trays also take up less space than jars. You can consume one whole tray of sprouts every 2-3 days, and to produce that much food with Ball jars
Usage :This vegetable is used in different ways of Cooking and even in more areas as a different substitute.
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Nutrition Facts :Nutrition plays a vital role in one's life and has become an essential entity in human life and of course those who follow regular diet for a healthy body and healthy mind.
Table listed below displays Broccoli vegetable nutrition values such as Nutrients, Vitamins , Electrolytes, Minerals and Phyto-nutrients in individual proportions.
Skin Care : A cup of cruciferous Broccoli, everday,keeps your skin healthy and supple, and protects your skin cell membranes and guards against UV radiation damage.
Skin effects :When applied to the skin, broccoli can cause an allergic rash in hypersensitive people.
Special Precautions & Warnings :Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Broccoli is safe for pregnant and breast-feeding women in food amounts. But larger medicinal amounts should be avoided until more is known.
About the Vegetable :Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, whose large flowering head is used as a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means "the flowering crest of a cabbage".Broccoli is a cabbage family vegetable grown for its nutritious flower heads. Its green or purple florets have been known for several noteworthy, unique phyto-nutrients that are found to have disease prevention and health promoting properties.Broccoli is a result of careful breeding of cultivated leafy cole crops in the Northern Mediterranean.Many Varieties are available.Broccoli is a cool-season crop and demands fertile rich and well-drained soil to flourish. Technically, broccoli is categorized into two main types according to their appearance; heading and sprouting. Heading variety forms a large, solid head, whereas sprouting types forms many smaller heads or florets.Several different hybrid-mix of broccoli have developed with other cruciferous family members such as broccoflower (hybrid of broccoli and cauliflower), broccolini (broccoli and chinese-kale), etc.
Scientific / Binomial name : Brassica oleracea var. italica.
Usage :
Young, tender, broccoli heads may be eaten raw or as salad.
Its flower heads are much sought-after in stir-fries; either alone or with other vegetables, beans and poultry, in mouth-watering recipes mixed with sauce, oil,onions, pepper, and garlic.
