3 easy beetroot recipes to try at home
Do you have beetroots in your kitchen? Beetroot is such a wonderful vegetable that helps to maintain good cardiovascular health. Here are three healthy and tasty recipes that can be made with beetroot at any time easily.
Beetroot juice
Ingredients
- Beetroot- 1 small
- Apple - 2 small
- Celery stalks- 2
- Carrots- 1 or 2
- Lemon or Lime- ½
- Ginger- ½ inch
Peel and cut the washed beetroot into long pieces. Cut fresh apple, carrots, ginger and celery into long pieces. Now add all these ingredients into a mixer and blend. Squeeze the half lemon into prepared juice and mix well. Serve them in a chilled glass and drink immediately.
Beetroot pulao
Ingredients
- Basmati rice- 1 cup
- Beetroot chopped- 1 cup
- Green peas- ½ cup
- Onion - 1 sliced
- Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
- Coconut milk thin- 1 cup
- Red chilli powder- 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder- ⅛ teaspoon
- Coriander leaves chopped- 2 tablespoon
- Cinnamon, Cardamom, Clove
- fennel seeds- ½ teaspoon
- Oil / Ghee- 1 tablespoon
- Bay leaf- 1
- Salt As needed
Soak basmati rice for at least half an hour. Heat oil/ ghee in a pan, add Bay leaf, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Clove and fennel seeds. Add thinly sliced onion and ginger garlic paste. Fry for a minute in medium flame. Now add the beetroot and green peas. Spread a little salt and fry for 2 mins.
Add turmeric, chilli powder and coriander powder. Add coconut milk and a cup of water and mix well. When it boils, add the required salt and basmati rice. Cover and cook for 14 minutes at the lowest possible flame with a lid. At last, garnish with coriander leaves.
Beetroot halwa
Ingredients
- Ghee / clarified butter- 2 tbsp
- beetroot (grated)- 4 cup
- Milk- 1 cup
- Sugar- ¼ cup
- cashew (chopped)- 6
- cardamom powder- ¼ tsp
Heat ghee and beetroot in a pan. Saute well for 2-4 minutes until the beetroot is smashed properly. Now add milk and mix well. Cover and boil for 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Further, add sugar and mix well. After 5 minutes, ghee separates from halwa. Now add cashew and cardamom powder. Beetroot halwa is ready.