How do I use nature to color food? Food coloring from a very common practice to give the food an attractive format, and help to open up the appetite, but you could use natural food dyes instead of those chemicals? By Arwa Taj Eddine - December 22, 2016866 Natural food coloring is certainly a very healthy choice for food coloring. No housewife nowadays does not use food coloring to make sweets or decorate food in order to attract her children's attention or to give an aesthetic touch to her table. , Or used in decorating cakes and desserts. Food colors, which may be of natural or industrial origin, are available on the market. But even extract them from natural sources is affected by chemical substances added to him, preservatives such as materials and materials focus color, and a lot of use may cause many health problems. In addition, some traders sell fake or non-standard types that may cause serious diseases such as cancer. So the best solution to avoid these problems is to resort to natural color food manufactured in the house with our hands and under our eyes, as well as the nutritional value that will add to your food from your use of these natural alternatives. In this article we will talk in some detail about how to make natural food coloring and best results. Contents 1. Learn about ways to use natural food coloring 1.1 Things to consider when using natural food coloring 1.2 Vegetables and fruits you can extract natural food coloring from 1.3 How to keep natural food coloring for a long time 1.4 How to make natural food coloring powder 1.5 How Make a drink of concentrated color Learn about the ways to use natural food coloring 1 Things to Consider When Using Natural Food Colors Before you go into the details of making food colors from natural ingredients you should keep in mind that natural food coloring is originally made Of her food flavor, so the use of large quantities in order to obtain the desired color can affect the flavor of the food that Tsenaih, however you can overcome this problem by focusing drink used in the coloring. The color extracted from natural dyes, food powder gives better results than using the drink, will remind you later the way the color liquid center or making the colored powder of vegetables and fruit. There are also some colorings derived from vegetables and fruit color saved for a long period of change and in this case you can add lemon juice to it by 1: 6 It keeps the color in its natural state. 2 vegetables and fruits that you can draw natural food colorants of which there are plenty of vegetables and fruits that are naturally concentrated color pigments and you can easily use them in order to get natural food colorings: - Advertisements - Red color: Red beet is a very important source of basic minerals that an object needs Such as iron, copper, magnesium, and vitamins K, B9, B 2, A and recommended to eat during the development of children because it helps to build their bodies, in addition to it is the best plant you can get the red color with high concentration, and you can get it from pomegranate juice and berries Al-Ahm . Pink: You can also get it from beet juice but with less concentration or from the juice of cherries and also from red berries. Yellow color: Turmeric contributes to the treatment of many diseases such as arthritis and the spine, and treats gastrointestinal disorders, and has a great effectiveness in relieving the pain of headaches, and is the best natural source of yellow color, a small amount of it you can feed him without any effect in Taste. Lemon also has great health benefits. It is a good intestinal disinfectant, purifies the blood, strengthens the immune system, cleanses the body of toxins, and you can get the yellow color from it by soaking lemon juice in its juice for half an hour. Also you can use saffron to get this color. Green: There are many plants you can use to extract the green color, such as wheatgrass juice, which is a great addition to your food, as well as the color of natural food, but it is also a powerful food supplement to contain many vitamins that prevent diseases. Spinach is an important source of fiber, calcium and protein, a plant rich in antioxidants that are important to fight cancer, protect against cardiovascular disease, and are beneficial for the health of bones, eyes and skin. The parsley is an effective disinfectant for the colon, improves digestion, cleanses the body of toxins, and green mint leaves are a general tonic for the heart and circulatory system and act as a laxative for the stomach and intestines, all of which you can use to draw green. Blue: Red cabbage is one of the richest vegetables with vitamins, mineral salts and Vitamin K with anti-bleeding properties. You can get the blue color of boiled red cabbage leaves, then national liquidate him, and add the sodium bicarbonate, and stir until completely melting. You can also get this color of blueberry juice. Violet: You can get this color from the sweet-sweet potatoes containing calcium, lots of minerals and dietary fiber, concentrated blueberry juice, concentrated violet grape juice, and boiling red cabbage leaves without any additives, as dark color can be obtained from boiling papers Al-Karkade. Brown color: There are many sources of this color, such as cocoa powder, which contains fatty acids, protein and types of sugar cures cough, fever and protect the heart and mind, and also can be obtained from raw espresso, coffee beans, melting cinnamon powder and black tea. Black color: It can be obtained from black cocoa powder used....
How to make natural food coloring powder Cut the vegetables and fruits into small pieces and lay them in a dry tray, then place them in the oven at 150 ° C, and it will take two to six hours to complete the drying depending on the type of vegetables to be dried. After drying the vegetables, place them in a sugar or coffee grinder, and then keep the powder in a sealed container. You can keep this output for a whole year. 5 How to make a drink Center color There is another option to make the center of color of vegetables or fruit without affecting the taste or the strength of food that you are making, and by converting the juice to a concentrated syrup. For example, make the berries and place the juice in a pot on a low heat until the liquid evaporates from the juice and becomes thick. This will take about eight hours and you will notice that the amount of juice is reduced to about a quarter. Use this product of natural food coloring directly or mix it with a small amount of glycerol. You can keep this liquid in the refrigerator for two to four weeks in sealed bottles, and use it when needed. If you want a different color than the above colors you can extract it by mixing two or more colors of these colors to get the color you want. By using natural food coloring you protect yourself and your family from the dangers of using artificial colors that pose a serious risk to public health, and you have added other health benefits and benefits to your food using these colors derived from natural plants of great nutritional benefit.