How to cook beets in an interesting and tasty way: a new salad recipe instead of vinegret

If you're tired of vinegret, but have enough beets to make a dish for a festive table, you can make a light and effective salad.

All you need to do is add a few new ingredients, combine them in a tasty way, and decorate them. This way, a traditional dish will sparkle with new flavors and surprise your guests.

OBOZREVATEL offers its readers two unusual recipes for beetroot salad.

Ingredients:

• beets - 250 g
• onions - 2 pcs.
• pickled cucumbers - 5 pcs.
• carrots - 1 pc.
• garlic - 1-2 cloves
• lemon juice - 1 tsp.
• fresh parsley for decoration (optional) - 1-2 sprigs
• oil - 2 tbsp.
• salt - to taste
• ground black pepper - to taste
• sesame seeds

Method of preparation:

1. Wash the beets, put them in cold water and cook for 40-60 minutes.
2. Remove and cool.
3. Rinse the carrots, cook for 20 minutes.
4. Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings.
5. Fry in vegetable oil for 7-10 minutes until soft and golden.
6. Cut the pickled cucumbers into cubes.
7. Peel the boiled beets and carrots and chop them in the same way.

1. Put the beets and fried onions in a bowl and mix.
2. Add cucumbers and carrots.
3. Drizzle with lemon juice.
4. Peel the garlic, chop with a knife and add to the salad along with salt and ground black pepper.
5. Stir the mixture.
6. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
7. Garnish with parsley and sesame seeds.

You can also cook beets in Korean. This is a great appetizer for a festive table.

Idea from kuhnya_eda_recepti. Published on the Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• beetroot - 600 g
• garlic - 4 cloves
• oil - 80 g

For the marinade:

• vinegar 9% - 3 tbsp
• sugar - 1 tsp
• salt - 0.5 tsp
• coriander - 1 tsp
• red pepper - 0.5 tsp
• black pepper - 0.5 tsp.

Method of preparation:

1. Finely chop the garlic.
2. Grate the beets on a Korean carrot grater.
3. To prepare the marinade, mix all the ingredients.
4. Put the beets in a bowl, add garlic, marinade, and mix.
5. Bring the oil to a boil and pour it into the beets.
6. Stir and let the salad stand for at least three hours.

It should be noted that beets are healthy in any form. It does not lose its unique qualities during heat treatment. It contains vitamins and minerals, and its iron content is second only to garlic.

And if you need to boil beets very quickly, you can use the following method. The vegetable will be ready in just 15 minutes. Food blogger Olha Bilous (bilous_olha) shared how to cook beets in the microwave in 15 minutes on her Instagram page.

1. Place the bag on a plate.

2.Put the beets in it.

3. Add 0.5 cups of water.

4. Tie.

5. Make punctures on top with a knife.

6. Put in the microwave for 15 minutes.