Ingredients :
Beetroot 2 small size – slice each beetroot into 4 portions
1 carrot (about 150g) – cut into chunks
1/4 cup of sweetcorn or baby corns (Optional)
1 small onion – chopped coarsely
Garlic - grated - a pinch
12-15 red dates - remove seeds
200g meat (checken or goat or fish or crab)– cut into chunks (boiled or stir fried and made tender for toddlers) or grounded.
Low sodium - chicken or meat stock(Home-made is better)
Salt to taste
Preparation :
Stir fry onions, beetroot, carrot , with some olive oil and ass grated garlic for flavour. Now add meat to this and fry until tender. Add some chicken or meat stock to it with some salt according to the taste and allow it to get cooked well. You can also pressure cook these contents . You can either make it to soupy consistency or a gravy consistency according to your taste.
Serve hot with some cheese or crem on top .
Nutritional facts :
Beetroot is a rich source of carbohydrates, a good source of protein, and has high levels of important vitamins, minerals and micronutrients. It’s an excellent source of folic acid and is therefore recommended to women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
A number of different antioxidants are found in fruits and vegetables. These are important to human health because they prevent the oxidative processes that are thought to be the cause of many diseases. Betalins are a type of antioxidant found in beetroot in fairly large quantities. You don’t need to eat much beetroot to take in a beneficial amount of betalin.
Beetroot is a useful source of folate, with 100g of beetroot cooked in natural juices containing 42mcg (micrograms). Three baby beets (about 80g) contain approximately 17% of the Recommended Daily Allowance. Beetroot is also a good source of potassium and magnesium.
HeartBeetroot contains soluble fibre, which can help reduce blood cholesterol. It also contains ‘carotenoids’ and ‘flavonoids’, which help prevent LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol from being oxidised and deposited in the arteries.
Recent research has shown that beetroot can have a beneficial effect in lowering blood pressure. However you should be aware that the research was based on drinking ½ litre of (raw) beetroot juice a day, which may be a little extreme even for beetroot enthusiasts.
Brain, heart, bones
Cooked beetroot is a great source of folate that can protect you against high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s and dementia. It is also crucial to the development of a baby’s spinal cord during the first three months of pregnancy, so a good intake of folate is important to prevent spinal cord defects such as spina bifida.
WaistlineBeetroot is virtually fat free and low in calories. Although it has a ‘medium’ GI (Glycaemic Index) of 64, it has an extremely low GL (Glycaemic Load) of 2.9 which means it’s converted into sugars very slowly and therefore helps to keep blood sugar levels stable – which is good for the blood.
A number of different antioxidants are found in fruits and vegetables. These are important to human health because they prevent the oxidative processes that are thought to be the cause of many diseases. Betalins are a type of antioxidant found in beetroot in fairly large quantities. You don’t need to eat much beetroot to take in a beneficial amount of betalin.
Beetroot is a useful source of folate, with 100g of beetroot cooked in natural juices containing 42mcg (micrograms). Three baby beets (about 80g) contain approximately 17% of the Recommended Daily Allowance. Beetroot is also a good source of potassium and magnesium.
HeartBeetroot contains soluble fibre, which can help reduce blood cholesterol. It also contains ‘carotenoids’ and ‘flavonoids’, which help prevent LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol from being oxidised and deposited in the arteries.
Recent research has shown that beetroot can have a beneficial effect in lowering blood pressure. However you should be aware that the research was based on drinking ½ litre of (raw) beetroot juice a day, which may be a little extreme even for beetroot enthusiasts.
Brain, heart, bones
Cooked beetroot is a great source of folate that can protect you against high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s and dementia. It is also crucial to the development of a baby’s spinal cord during the first three months of pregnancy, so a good intake of folate is important to prevent spinal cord defects such as spina bifida.
WaistlineBeetroot is virtually fat free and low in calories. Although it has a ‘medium’ GI (Glycaemic Index) of 64, it has an extremely low GL (Glycaemic Load) of 2.9 which means it’s converted into sugars very slowly and therefore helps to keep blood sugar levels stable – which is good for the blood.
