Beet is a useful and nutritious vegetable. In ancient times, beets were worshipped, considered a great cure for many diseases. In principle, the ancient peoples thought correctly about this vegetable. Beetroot
can get rid of kidney stones, cope with dermatological diseases and even help with blood cancer.
Of course, the miraculous properties of beets should not be attributed to beet
.
However, you should not forget to include this vegetable in your diet.
If you are sorry to spend time every day on boiling and cooking beet dishes, you can pickle it.
Ingredients for pickled beets:
- beets – 2,5 kg;
- vegetable oil – 150 ml;
- salt – 2 tsp;
- sugar – 6 tbsp;
- citric acid – 2 tsp.
Preparation of pickled beets:
Boil beets until cooked and cool to lukewarm. Peel the beets and shred them on large grater sharps. You can also run the peeled beets through a small strainer of a meat grinder.
Put the beet mass in a saucepan, pour salt, granulated sugar and citric acid. Pour vegetable oil to the beet mass, mix the ingredients thoroughly
. On medium heat, cook the beet mixture until it boils
.
Stir the mass, cover with a lid and cook for 15 minutes.
Next, transfer the beet mixture into pre-sterilized jars. Close the jars with beets with lids, turn the bottom upside down and wrap in a towel.
We leave the pickled beets to cool down. From this mixture you can make a preparation for borscht and other dishes or use separately.
