Beets can truly be considered one of the most underrated vegetables in our culinary epic. When we think of dishes with this root vegetable, we think of borscht, herring under a fur coat and vinaigrette
. However, the range of beet dishes is much wider than we think. In each country you can find a number of interesting recipes related to beets. In modern times, European cooks often experiment with this root vegetable. That is, beets in different types undergo dehydration and deconstruction.
We will not dive so deeply into the knowledge of higher cuisine. Let’s prepare a delicious and simple beet salad.
Ingredients for beet salad:
- beets – 600 g;
- coriander – tsp;
- onion – 2 pcs;
- 9% vinegar – 2 tbsp;
- sweet pepper – ½ piece;
- sugar – tbsp;
- garlic – clove;
- salt – tsp.
Preparation of beet salad:
Pre-boiled beets are peeled from the peel, chopped on large grater teeth. Beets should be salted and left for 10 minutes in the heat.
At this time, cut onions into quarter rings. Fry the onions in vegetable oil in a frying pan until golden.
Pour the accumulated from under the beets, sprinkle the vegetable mass with sugar, coriander
.
Pour the beet mixture with vinegar and mix well with the rest of the components.
To the beets we add a crushed garlic clove, finely chopped sweet pepper and fried onions, mix the ingredients.
We take the salad to the refrigerator for an hour for soaking.
To the total amount of spices, you can add, if desired, ground black and hot peppers. The salad also goes well with toasted sesame seeds.
