Sheep were domesticated by Asian nomads about 10 thousand years ago. Today, tasty meat from these animals is used to make many dishes, especially since the caloric content of lamb is not too high.
How many calories are there in lamb?
Lamb has excellent food qualities, it has many proteins, macro and microelements, especially in this meat of iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, fluorine, phosphorus, as well as vitamins - B1, B2 and PP.
The best parts of mutton for cooking in boiled form are the brisket, scapula and neck. Cook lamb with spices and herbs for 1.5-2 hours. Caloric content of boiled mutton is 209 kcal per 100 g.
For roasting mutton, it is advisable to choose a hind leg, a neck part or a scapula. Cooks do not recommend too long fry meat, otherwise it will become stiff and dry. Caloric content of fried mutton is 320 kcal per 100 g.
If you do not like boiled meat, but the caloric content of fried lamb seems too high, try to cook shish kebab. Caloric content of shish kebab from lamb is 287 kcal per 100 g.
Prepared lamb is well combined with vegetables, apricots, dates and red wine. Discover the taste of lamb and not increase the calories in the dish will help spices - marjoram, thyme, oregano, zira. As a garnish for lamb, zucchini, potatoes, beans, rice will do.
Lamb is quite heavy for digestion, but in the East it is preferred to any other. The significant advantage of mutton is that it contains little cholesterol , therefore, dishes made from this meat do not contribute to the development of atherosclerosis.
How to choose mutton correctly?
For the preparation of delicious dishes, it is advisable to choose the meat of young sheep (up to 2 years) or lambs. Determine the young meat on the counter can be by color - it should be light red, and the fatty layer - white. The darker color of mutton and yellow fat mean that the animal was over the age of two, such meat will be stiff and stinky.