Beetroot and prune salad is not only extremely tasty, but also a very healthy dish. It contains a large number of vitamins and mineral compounds necessary for the normal functioning of the human body.
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The use of beetroot salad with prunes is due to its composition. Products used to make this dish contain a large amount of valuable ingredients.
Beets are rich in carbohydrates, fiber, B vitamins, folic acid, copper, zinc, organic acids. It must be consumed by people suffering from obesity, atherosclerosis and some other diseases. This vegetable perfectly cleanses the intestines, removes all unnecessary from the body.
Prunes are also known for their beneficial properties. It is a source of B vitamins, vitamin PP, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron. It is known for its dietary properties and perfectly cleanses the body.
It is known that the use of prunes prevents the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the body.
Making a diet salad of beets and prunes is quite simple. To do this, put a large pan on the fire and boil 2-3 small beets in it. You need to cook it for 40-50 minutes. Cooking time directly depends on the size of vegetables, as well as on their quality. To cook young beets takes much less time. To speed up the process, you can cut large vegetables into pieces or use a pressure cooker.
Boiling beets is recommended in salted water. For these purposes, it is best to use ordinary table salt, rather than iodized.
In order to preserve the maximum amount of all valuable components in beets during cooking, you can bake it in the oven instead of boiling in water. To do this, you need to peel the vegetables, then wrap each beetroot in foil, put on a baking sheet and bake at a temperature of 220 degrees for 40 minutes.
Ready beets should be slightly cooled, peeled, if this has not been done before, grated and put in a salad bowl. Prunes in the amount of 100-150 grams must be thoroughly washed and crushed with a blender or a knife with a wide blade. If the dried fruit has a sufficiently dense consistency, it is previously recommended to steam it with boiling water for 10-15 minutes to soften and swell.
Walnuts in the amount of 6-8 pieces must be cleaned from shells and partitions, chopped with a knife and pour into a salad bowl with prunes. You also need to add to all of the above ingredients 2 peeled and chopped garlic cloves.
In the salad bowl, you also need to add vegetable oil and salt to taste, after which carefully mix all the ingredients.
Serve salad as a separate snack, or as a complement to boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes.
Those who are not used to counting all the calories consumed can be advised to cook a beetroot salad with prunes seasoned with mayonnaise. The method of preparing such a dish is similar to the above, but in this case, instead of vegetable oil, mayonnaise is used as a dressing. This sauce will give the salad a unique taste. As a decoration, you can put greens and halves of walnuts on the dish.