Beetroot salad with peanuts, seasoned with mayonnaise and garlic, is considered one of the classic salads of modern Ukrainian cuisine. If you love beets, then you will definitely like this salad.
Recipe content:
- How to cook beets properly?
- In what ways can beets be cooked?
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Beet salad is not only a healthy dish, but also a beautiful one, so it can be used to decorate any festive table. In addition, the salad is still quite healthy and tasty.
Beets themselves for salads can be used not only boiled, but also raw or pickled. Beetroot salads are prepared from one beet quite rarely, most often it is combined with different components. For example, with garlic, prunes, apples, nuts, cheese, raisins and other foods. The combination can be varied, here the main thing is to choose the best for yourself.
How to cook beets properly?
- Choosing beets for cooking should be medium in size, dark red in color and with a thin skin.
- It is best to put the beets in unsalted boiling water. Since the beets are sweet and during the cooking the salt will evaporate. In addition, when boiling beets, the salt will make it hard. Therefore, it is better to salt dishes with boiled beets already cooked.
- When cooking, you need to ensure that the water covers the beets completely, and top up if necessary.
- To make the beets easier to clean, you need to put them in ice water.
- If the beets are cooked peeled or cut into pieces, then to preserve their bright color, add 1 tablespoon to the water. 9% vinegar or lemon juice.
- So that the beets do not smell much during cooking, a crust of black bread is added to the pan.
- If you strain the beetroot broth, then it will serve as an excellent laxative and diuretic, and will also have a healing effect on the liver, cleansing it.
- You can store boiled beets for up to 2 days in the refrigerator, after the beets will begin to dry out and lose their quality and taste.
In what ways can beets be cooked?
Besides the fact that beets are cooked in the classic way - on the stove, they can still be cooked in a pressure cooker. To do this, the beets are pre-cleaned, cut into strips or cubes and boiled for 20 minutes. If the beets are cooked whole, it will take 35 minutes.
You can also microwave beets in a plastic bag or plastic microwave container. To do this, the beets are washed, cleaned, about 30 punctures are made through and through and kept in an electrical appliance for 10 minutes at 800 watts.
Beets are also boiled in a double boiler, whole for 50 minutes, chopped - 30. And in a slow cooker, beets are cooked in the "Baking" mode, medium size 40 minutes, large - 1 hour, sliced - 15 minutes.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 89 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 10 minutes, plus additional time for boiling beets
Ingredients:
- Beets - 4 pcs.
- Roasted peanuts - 50 g
- Cilantro greens - small bunch
- Garlic to taste
- Salt to taste
- Mayonnaise - for dressing
Cooking beetroot salad with peanuts
1. Wash and boil the beets using one of the above methods.
2. After the beets cool well, peel and grate on a coarse grater. Optionally, you can cut the beets into thin strips.
3. Wash cilantro greens, dry with a paper towel and chop.
4. Put the grated beets, chopped cilantro into a plate, and squeeze the peeled garlic cloves through a press, the amount of which is selected to your liking.
5. Season salad with salt, add mayonnaise and mix well. Make sure that the consistency of the salad is not liquid, so add mayonnaise in stages. Chill the salad in the refrigerator and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make Beetroot Salad with Walnuts
