Here’s bringing the spotlight on the not-so-loved veggie and amazing ways to include it in diet that is not just salad.
One of the most underestimated vegetables of all times, beetroot has emerged to be one of the superfoods that promote overall health. Although tough from exteriors, this delicate vegetable is filled with a unique group of antioxidants like betacyanin. This pigment gives beet its unique colour and has several medical benefits as well like supporting liver, improving blood circulation and purifying blood.
Here’s bringing the spotlight on the not-so-loved veggie and amazing ways to include it in diet that is not just salad.
Juice it for the sake of your heart
Health experts often advice, drink your veggies, eat your fruits. Add the beetroot to your juicer grinder long with other veggies like carrots, amla, tomatoes. That dark red juice is your elixir to health and glowing skin. Studies have shown beetroot juice can lower blood pressure, just an hour of drinking. Its regular intake can lower the risk of heart diseases and promote blood circulation. It is also a great detox drink.
Beetroot cutlets ortikkis for healthy evening time snacking
If you love tikki or vegetarian kabab, make beetroot tikkis. Boil beetroot will potatoes and mash them with peas. Bind them with semolina or besan, add your spices, brown onion and form round tikkis. Swallow fry them under brown and crisp on both sides. You can even add them between buns with mayo and tomatoes for a healthy burger or just serve with coriander chutney.
Beetroot salad the Alia Bhatt way
Bollywood actors are going vegan and swear by vegetables. To add variety in their cuisine their dietician often come up with impromptu dishes. Alia Bhatt has shared the recipe of beetroot salad on her YouTube channel. All you need is grated beetroot, hung curd, cumin seed, mustard seeds, curry leaves and chat masala. The recipe is very simple. Add grated beetroot over a bowl of hung curd and temper it with mustard seed, curry leaves cumin seeds. Add salt, pepper to taste and spice up with some chat masala. The salad workswonders in summer.
Beetroot soup when you are under the weather
Soups are so comforting and delicious. For a beetroot and coconut soup. Heat oil in apan, add onions, chillies ginger and chopped beetroot. Sauté everything for a few minutes, add water and let it simmer under the veggies are soft. Blend everything, add coconut milk and check for seasoning.
You can also make beetroot hummus, beetroot idli, beetroot paratha, beetroot halwa using the pulp of beetroot. Wear your thinking caps, beetroot can be quite interesting.
