With its dark crimson red colour and earthy flavours, beetroot, also called beet is packed with numerous benefits.
Right from increasing haemoglobin levels and providing a natural glow to the skin to aiding the digestive process and keeping a check on blood pressure, beetroots can effectively benefit your body.
Beetroot is a low-calorie vegetable and also one of the richest sources of folate (vitamin B9).
Here are 3 simple recipes that will help you add beetroot to your daily diet without any fuss.
1. Beetroot Raita
Ingredients required- 3 cups of curd, 1 beetroot, ½ onion, ½ carrot, 1 tsp roasted cumin powder, ½ tsp dried mint powder and rock salt as per taste.
Method-
- In a bowl, add curd along with roasted cumin powder, dried mint powder and rock salt.
- Use a whisk to smoothen the curd.
- Now peel the beetroot, onion and carrot. Finely chop the onion. Grate the beetroot and carrot.
- Add all the veggies to the whisked curd and give a mix.
- Serve the Raita with Roti-Sabzi and enjoy.
2. Beetroot Salad
Ingredients required- 1 beetroot, 100 grams paneer, 3 tbsp olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 2 garlic cloves, 1 tbsp vinegar, handful of lettuce leaves and salt as per taste.
Method-
- Boil or steam the beetroot until tender. Just cook it enough to make it softer. The beetroot should not be mushy and must retain its shape.
- Now peel the beetroot and chop it into bite-size pieces.
- Take a plate and layer it with some lettuce leaves.
- Place chopped beetroot pieces on it along with diced paneer cubes.
- Now take a small bowl. Add olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper powder, minced garlic cloves, vinegar, and salt in it. Whisk to make a marinade.
- Pour this marinade on the salad and toss a bit to coat all the beetroot and paneer cubes.
- Your Beetroot Salad is now ready to be served.
3. Beetroot Juice
Ingredients required- 1 beetroot, 1 carrot, 1 orange, 1 tbsp lemon juice and rock salt as per taste.
Method-
- Peel the beetroot and roughly chop it into pieces. Also, chop the carrot and peel the orange.
- Use a juicer to juice out the beetroot, carrot and orange.
- If you don’t have a juicer, you can blend all the ingredients in a blender and later strain the juice.
- Mix in lemon juice and rock salt as per taste. Give a mix and serve the Beetroot Juice.
