sexta-feira, 27 de julho de 2012

Assafétida - para que serve?


Hoje falarei da Assa-fétida, esta especiaria de nome engraçado que tanto utilizo em meus pratos.

Esta p é da família das Apiaceae. Também conhecida como férula, funcho-gigante, esterco-do-diabo. Planta de porte herbáceo, monóica, perene, de 1.5 a 2m de altura, rizoma pivotado grande e carnoso, que forma uma espécie de coroa. Folhas grandes, radicais, penapartidas com segmentos bipinados. As aparecem no 5°. ano em umbelas que se formam em talos lisos de 10cm de comprimento. As flores são numerosas, verde-amareladas a brancas. O fruto é ovado, chato, marrom-avermelhado, (locado, com nítidas marcas de óleo. O pequeno fruto tem suco leitoso, e sabor a alho e cebola, muito penetrante. Pode-se usar para substituir o alho e a cebola para aqueles que são intolerantes. É nativa do Afeganistão e Ira.

Curiosidade: Na Segunda Guerra Mundial, por ocasião da gripe espanhola era utilizada como amuleto em volta do pescoço acreditando que a gripe não atingiria o portador deste amuleto. Curiosamente, descubriu-se muito tempo depois que esta especiaria era totalmente eficaz contra o vírus da H1N1.

Propriedades medicinais: anti-coagulante, digestivo, hipotensor, anti-flatulento, anti-gripal.

Indicações: bronquite, cólica, constipação, convulsão, dor, gases, tosse forte, vermes, gripe. Afecções respiratórias: tosse forte, tosse espasmódica, bronquite, espasmos da glote, coqueluche. Afecções gastro-intestinais: gases, cólicas, espasmos, gastrite crónica, dispepsia e cólon irritável. cólicas flatulentas.


Dicas: utilizar uma pequena porção (1 colher de chá) para fazer o arroz, feijão e legumes
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