Beetroot caviar. A recipe for every taste.

Only the lazy or the baby does not know about the benefits of beets . Its unique healing properties do not cease to amaze. Perhaps that is why 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. Her recipe is quite simple, and even a novice hostess can cook such a dish.

Winter blanks

Usually, it is customary to use cucumbers or tomatoes as canned stocks. Everyone also knows adjika or squash caviar. But few people know that there is no less tasty beetroot caviar. Her recipe is known to few. Nevertheless, this product is really worthy of attention. Moreover, to prepare such an appetizer, you need very little: 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 cup of table vinegar and vegetable oil for frying .

Caviar is prepared as follows:

1. Dice tomatoes, onions and sweet pepper, and grind beets.
2. Fry the tomatoes with beets in a pan in vegetable oil.
3. Transfer the mass to a pan and simmer for 1 hour.
4. Pepper and onion also fry in oil separately, and then add them to the tomato-beetroot mixture and continue to simmer another 30 minutes.
5. Pour the remaining ingredients according to the recipe and keep on fire for 8-10 minutes.
6. Arrange the hot mass immediately on prepared jars and roll up.

Get a wonderful beetroot caviar. The recipe can be slightly modified by changing the amount of salt or sugar to taste. It is better to cut vegetables as finely as possible so that the finished caviar resembles a dense uniform mass.

Alternative option

If you don’t have the right products at hand, don’t be upset. There are many other vegetables, with the help of which no less tasty beetroot caviar is prepared. The recipe in this case can be this: for 1.5 kilograms of beets - 350 grams of zucchini zucchini (instead of pepper), 1 kilogram of onions, a little adjika (instead of tomatoes) and oil (olive or sunflower).

The dish is being prepared in this case a little differently:

1. Wash and boil the beets.
2. Peel and chop large onions.
3. Zucchini free from hard peel and grind on a coarse grater.
4. Fry onions with zucchini in vegetable oil.
5. Peel the finished beets and pass them through the meat grinder along with the fried vegetables.
6. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Such a mixture does not need to be rolled up in jars. It is better to eat it cooled and freshly prepared. A gentle appetizing mass will be an excellent side dish for almost any dish.

Equipment in the service of the hostess

Recently, women have used a variety of kitchen appliances for cooking. It significantly facilitates the work and significantly saves time. For example, beetroot caviar in a slow cooker can be very simply prepared. To do this, you will 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. Fold the washed beets in the capacity of the multicooker and turn on the “Baking” mode. After 1 hour, the product will be ready.
2. Now the beets must be cooled, peeled, chopped with a coarse grater and set aside for a while.
3. Cut the peeled onions into cubes and fry in a slow cooker. There is no need to close the lid.
4. Add tomato paste, mix and fry the foods together a little.
5. Fall asleep beets and let the vegetables go dark for several minutes.
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 "Extinguishing" mode and leave the mixture for 2-2.5 hours.

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

Variety of flavors

Any housewife can decide for herself how to cook beetroot caviar. It all depends on the availability of products and taste habits of the family. There is a good option 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 straightforward.

1. Wash and peel all vegetables well.
2. Beetroot for 15 minutes in the microwave, and then grate (it is better to take small).
3. Grind carrots in the same way.
4. Fry chopped onion in oil in a pan and add carrots to it. Make the fire smaller and simmer vegetables until soft, periodically turning over.
5. Dilute the pasta in 100 grams of water and pour into the pan. Continue to simmer for 3 minutes.
6. Add the beets and leave the mixture to boil for another 6-7 minutes.

It remains only to cool the finished mass - and you can serve it 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 tastier.

For a healthy lifestyle

There is a very important reason why many people really like beetroot caviar. The calorie content of such a dish is negligible compared to many other complex salads and snacks. For 100 grams of a product made from onions, beets, pasta, tomato and table vinegar, it is only 47.31 kilocalories. It is simply amazing, especially when you consider that such a mixture is rich in vitamins of groups A, C, B, D, PP, H and E. The set is simply unique! In addition, caviar contains a lot of useful trace elements and organic acids. All this allows us to consider caviar from beets not only dietary, but also a medicinal product to some extent. A minimum of calories makes it possible to maintain a perfect figure with almost no hassle and extra effort. In addition to this, eating this product, you can get real pleasure. And if you recall the properties of beets, then this dish has no price. It can act as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic, diuretic and laxative, antipyretic and restorative. Choosing beetroot caviar, a person chooses health. This is worth considering.