Dishes with seaweed - 5 cooking recipes

All algae, depending on their variety, can reproduce in three ways: sexual, vegetative and asexual. Algae are the most numerous group of organisms, which includes over one hundred thousand different species. Of course, not all types of algae can be eaten. However, it is edible algae that we are interested in. Typically, edible algae are seaweed. Edible algae cannot be found in any river. Among the edible seaweeds, the following types can be noted: sea kale, ulva, porphyra. All edible seaweeds are the richest source of iodine. Edible seaweed is very actively used in oriental cuisine. One of the most popular dishes of Japanese cuisine - sushi and rolls - are prepared from algae that lives in the ocean or sea. Seaweed for sushi is called nori. Algae, by the way, can not only be eaten - algae is used in a variety of light and heavy industries. Cosmetics are made from algae, especially medicinal face masks. Healing mud is also produced from algae, which can heal a person from many diseases. In recent years, algae have also been used to produce biofuel.