A veggie of the day
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Hawai Mix 400 g. A quick and healthy ready-made dish. Rice with green peas, corn and red peppers. A vegetarian dish.
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Aubergine
Latin:
Solanum melongena
An annual plant cultivated for its long purple fruit, which loves a warm climate.
Matters of the heart
It is considered to be one of the vegetables lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood.
…and the brain is workingAubergine contains great antioxidants, which safeguard brain cells against damage. Antioxidants defend the brain against free radicals, facilitate the transfers of nutritious components and the removal of toxins.
Smile!
In the 5th century China fashioned called for elegant ladies to flash a silver – black smile. This effect was obtained, among others, by rubbing teeth with the skin of black aubergine.
Oriental type
Aubergine was cultivated already back in the 5th century B.C. in China and in India. Great caravans brought them over to North Africa from where along with Arab invaders found its way to Spain. In the Middle Ages it was cultivated as a decorative plant as doctors of that time believed, that it causes fever and epileptic seizures.In time aubergine became one of the most important vegetables in Oriental and Mediterranean cuisine.
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