Beetroot caviar. Recipe for every taste

About the benefits of beets do not know unless lazy or baby. Its unique healing properties do not cease to amaze. Perhaps, therefore, beets firmly occupy one of the main places in the diet of almost any family. But what a sin to conceal, everyone is already tired of ordinary salads, borscht and vinaigrettes. Few people know such a product as beetroot caviar. The recipe is quite simple, and even a novice mistress can cook such a dish.

Billets for the winter

Usually cucumbers or tomatoes are used as canned stocks. Everyone knows adzhika or squash. But very few people know that there is no less delicious beetroot caviar. Its recipe is known to the few. Nevertheless, this product is really worthy of attention. Especially for the preparation of such a snack you need very little: for 2 kilograms of beets - 1 kilogram of fresh tomatoes, onions and sweet bell pepper, 1 small pod of bitter red pepper, a little sugar and salt, a quarter of a glass of vinegar and vegetable oil for frying .

The caviar is prepared as follows:

1. Tomatoes, onions and sweet peppers cut into cubes, and grate the beetroot.
2. Tomatoes and beets fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil.
3. Transfer the mixture into a saucepan and simmer for 1 hour.
4. Pepper and onions also fry in the oil separately, and then add them to the tomato-beet mixture and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the recipe and hold for about 8-10 minutes.
6. Hot mass immediately put on prepared banks and roll.

It will be a wonderful beetroot caviar. The recipe can be slightly modified, changing the amount of salt or sugar to taste. Vegetables should be cut as small as possible so that the ready-made caviar resembles a dense, homogeneous mass.

Alternative option

If you do not have the right products at hand, then do not get upset. There are many other vegetables with which you can cook no less delicious beetroot caviar. The recipe in this case can be as follows: for 1.5 kilograms of beet - 350 grams of courgettes zucchini (instead of pepper), 1 kilogram of onions, a little adzhiki (instead of tomatoes) and butter (olive or sunflower).

The dish is prepared in this case a little differently:

1. Wash beets and boil.
2. Peel onion and chop large.
3. Zucchini is released from the hard peel and grind on a large grater.
4. Onions with zucchini fry in vegetable oil.
5. Wash the beetroot and pass it through the meat grinder along with the fried vegetables.
6. Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.

This mixture does not need to be rolled into cans. It is better to eat cold and freshly prepared. Gentle appetizing mass will be an excellent side dish to almost any dish.

Technique in the service of the hostess

Recently, women use various kitchen appliances for cooking. It makes work much easier and saves time. For example, it is very easy to cook beetroot in a multivark. To do this, you need the following ingredients: 1 onion, 3 medium sized beets, salt, 2 tablespoons of tomato and vegetable oil paste, pepper, a couple of bay leaves (for flavor), 2-3 cloves of garlic.

When all the products are located on the table, you can start cooking:

1. Wash the beetroot in a multivark container and turn on the "Baking" mode. After 1 hour the product will be ready.
2. Now the beets must be cooled, cleaned, chopped with a large grater and set aside for a while to the side.
3. Peeled onions cut into cubes and fry in a multivark. You do not need to close the lid.
4. Add the tomato paste, mix and lightly roast the foods together.
5. To fall asleep beet and to give vegetables a few minutes to be overcome.
6. In 100 grams of warm water, dilute pepper and salt. Pour the mixture into a container, add oil, bay leaf and garlic. Set the "Quenching" mode and leave the mixture for 2-2.5 hours.

Beetroot caviar in the multivarquet in the allotted time will be ready. It can serve as a salad, snack or a side dish to any dish.

Variety of flavors

Any hostess can decide for himself how to cook beetroot caviar. Everything depends on the availability of food and family's taste habits. There is a good option, which makes it possible to make the finished product as useful as possible. This requires the following products: 1 kilogram of raw beets, ground pepper, a couple of carrots, 2 onions, 3 tablespoons of tomato paste, salt and vegetable oil.

The process is relatively uncomplicated.

1. Wash all vegetables thoroughly and clean them.
2. Beetroot for 15 minutes to send in a microwave, and then grate it (it is better to take a small one).
3. In the same way grind the carrot.
4. Cut the chopped onion in oil in a frying pan and add carrots to it. Make a smaller fire and extinguish the vegetables until soft, periodically turning over.
5. Paste the mixture in 100 grams of water and pour into a frying pan. Continue to simmer for 3 minutes.
6. Add the beets and leave the mixture boiling for another 6-7 minutes.

The ready-made mass remained only to cool - and can be served to the table. For a more delicate and piquant taste, you can add yogurt, sour cream or mayonnaise to the mixture. It will be even more delicious.

For a healthy lifestyle

There is a very important reason why many people really like beetroot eggs. Caloric content of this dish is negligible compared to many other complex salads and snacks. For 100 grams of the product prepared from onions, beets, tomato paste and table vinegar, it is only 47.31 kilocalories. It's amazing, especially when you consider that such a mixture is rich in vitamins of group A, C, B, D, PP, H and E. The set is simply unique! In addition, caviar contains a lot of useful microelements and organic acids. All this makes it possible to consider caviar from beet not only as a dietary, but as a curative product to some extent. The minimum of calories makes it possible to keep the ideal figure almost without hassle and extra effort. In addition to all, eating this product, you can get real pleasure. And if you recall the properties of beets, then this dish is not priced. It is able to act as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic, diuretic and laxative, antipyretic and restorative remedy. Choosing beetroot caviar, a person chooses health. This is worth thinking about.