Where to buy algae & seaweeds products on the internet
Internet natural food stores where you can buy sea greens products directly online. The USA-based stores have a wider selection. They all ship internationally and often have special offers.
A tip: if you use the search box, enter specific sea greens, like kelp, agar agar, spirulina, chlorella.
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Nori
Nori is also called laverbread, laver in Wales and sloke in Ireland .
Farmed in Japan, it's sold dried, in sheets. Porphyra, commonly known as nori, is the most widely consumed seaweed in the world.
Porphyra lacks cellulose in the cell wall, making nori easy to digest.
The vitamin C content of nori, or prepared Porphyra, is greater than in raw oranges. The vitamin A content is comparable to that of spinach, and nori has fairly high amounts of vitamin B in general. The amount of free and proteinaceous amino acids in this algae are roughly similar to that of vegetables. Porphyra also contains a high amount of arginine, a basic amino acid which is generally found in animal protein.
In nori, the characteristic taste is a result of the coexistence of relatively large amounts of alanine, glutamic acid and glycine. It also contains an abundant amount of taurine which is known to be effective for liver activity, especially in preventing the occurence of gallstone disease and for controlling blood cholesterol levels. Nori also contains relatively high amounts of essential trace elements, such as zinc, which is essential for certain enzyme functions. Manganese, copper and selenium are present in Porphyra and essential for the metabolic processes of organisms.
Nori maintains skin health, can reduce phlegm, and lower cholesterol. It's rich in fiber, low in fat.
It is delicious roasted.
Use it in salads and soups.
To rehydrate nori, rinse in cold water and then boil for 15 minutes. It can be used hot or cold. Dried nori can be crumbled.
Rehydrated nori can be used like a side vegetable or in a salad. It's good for wrapping rice into small parcels and for lining small mould tins.
Dried nori can be crumbled onto salads, hot dishes or into simmering casseroles and soups.
A recipe with Nori
You can find the ingredients for the recipe on
Kalyx -
USA-based, it can ship internationally. Bulk foods are offered at discount rates.
Tesco online - In the UK. Find anything with its search box. You have to register first, but it's free and takes few seconds.
Nori and mushrooms risotto
Ingredients for 4:
- 4 tablespoons Italian extra virgin olive oil
- 3 sheets of toasted nori
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 100 g. (4 oz) of dried shiitake mushrooms
, soaked overnight
- 350 g (12 oz) brown or wild rice
- 3-4 tablespoons hot water or vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons tamari (soy sauce) powder
- 1/2 cup chopped mixed nuts
- thyme
It makes a delicious, tasty main course.
1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the chopped onion and sauté for 5 minutes until very slighly browned, then add the mushrooms and sheets of nori and cook another 5 minutes.
2. Add thyme and the soy sauce powder, and cook another 5 minutes.
3. Add the cooked brown and wild rice, water or vegetable stock, few ladlefuls at a time, stirring constantly and allowing each amount to be absorbed before adding the next.
4. Add chopped mixed nuts as garnish just before serving it hot.
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