Garlic Sautéed Beets Amongst Leaves.

I convey to convey some greens everyday.  While I was familiar alongside the greens available inward Bharat , in addition to oftentimes cooked it,here availability is a number equally these are alone available inward Indian grocery stores.During winter,my trips to the Indian store are rather infrequent. This got me on an jeopardy experimenting alongside the greens available inward the vicinity.We convey a  farmer's marketplace nearby which I oftentimes frequent in addition to came across fresh beets alongside its leaves. 

Back habitation nosotros role the beets lonely in addition to throw the leaves. I decided to essay in addition to role the leaves. It came out yum. 

Here's the recipe:

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Beets alongside its leaves: iv nos
Coconut oil: 1 tbsp
Garlic: iv cloves, chopped in addition to lightly crushed
Dried Red chillis: iv nos
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak the beets alongside leaves inward mutual coldness H2O for v minutes. This allows the sand / mud settle at the bottom. Separate the leaves in addition to stalk from the beets. Now chop the beet leaves in addition to proceed aside. Peel the beets,dice them in addition to proceed aside.

Heat crude oil inward a sauté pan/ wok on medium heat. Add crushed chopped garlic, sauté  until you lot olfactory belongings the aroma of garlic. 

Add cherry chillies/ chilli pepper flakes.Add the diced beets in addition to the chopped stems, lower the flame, comprehend in addition to ready for v -7 mins. 

Now add together the chopped leaves, tabular array salt  and ready on depression open fire until done without covering, around for some other 10-15 minutes.

Serve hot alongside rice/ bread/ baked chicken/ baked fish.

Cooking made easy:

The higher upward recipe tin laissez passer on the axe equally good endure made alongside other greens similar spinach, broccoli rabe. The alone additional part to endure added is 1/2 tsp jaggery/sugar. This combats the bitterness of the greens. Beets beingness naturally sweet, does non take away additional sugar/jaggery to endure added.

Tip for salubrious living:

Beets are smashing for practiced health. They are supposed to back upward anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant in addition to detoxification effects inward the body.Beet is a liver-protective nutrient in addition to evidently helps cut down blood-pressure.Beet is a favorite business office of raw-food diet in addition to beet juice is rattling popular.
References:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=49
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/benefits-beet-juice

Food for thought:

An idle heed is a Devil's workshop.(H.G.Bohn)