One of the most popular root crusts from domestic housewives is beet. Unlike many other vegetables, it does not disappear from our table and winter. We all know that the use of dishes from this root benefits our health. What is useful to beet and what is the story of her origin, you will learn from the article.
Cultivate the dining room inhabitants of Armenia, Iran, Babylon, Assyria began two more thousand years ago. If you believe in ancient letters, in those days, only beetter-fledged tops were used in food, and rooted roots were used to treat various diseases.
Use root roots people guessed much later. So began to do in Arab countries. Thanks to the Arabs, this vegetable culture was brought to India, Afghanistan. A little later, she appeared in ancient Greece and Rome.
The Greeks treated this root as a symbol of turmoil and trouble. It was customary to hang out in the entrance to the house a wreath of beet breeding tops, if the spouses living in it were in a quarrel. If a resident of ancient Greece wanted to laugh at the enemy, he sent him a gift to this root.
Romans belonged to a healthy vegetable more respectful. They considered dishes made from beets, one of the best at their desk. The Emperor Tiberius even took the tribute to the Germans conquered by him. Thanks to this circumstance, vegetable culture has become very common on the Rhine.
The beets were brought from Greece. At first she appeared in the Dnieper, where Greek settlements were located, and then spread throughout the territory of the Kiev Rus (X century).
Especially many beets were grown by residents of Moscow, Veliky Novgorod, Pskov. She grew up on the "courtyards" and in the garden. Our ancestors highly appreciated the taste of this root. To get a rich yield of beets, they made a lot of effort.
In Russia, learned and preserved it correctly, as well as pickup. Thanks to this, vegetable culture has become even more popular than repa and trouser.
In the XVI century, boosch began to boil.Beets are not only a valuable food product, but also the therapeutic agent used in many diseases. The presence of healing properties recognizes official medicine.
Korneflood Beet is rich:
- proteins;
- carbohydrates;
- vitamins (C, group B);
- pectin substances;
- Organic acids.
Contained in beets in large quantities and minerals. Especially a lot of mineral sodium salts, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium in it. It is present in the composition of the vegetable and cobalt - the element necessary for the production of vitamin B12 by the human body participating in the blood formation process.
Rich beets Betaine and Bethanin. These substances help strengthen the vascular walls, helps reduce pressure, reduce the indicator of poor cholesterol in the blood, improve the operation of the liver. Their presence in the composition makes beets with a useful product, which is shown to people suffering from diabetes. However, it is necessary to use the root plant at the same time, not exceeding the norm recommended by the attending physician.
Contained in beets and iodine. This element is necessary for the normal flow of metabolic processes.
Beetal juice is applicable in treating such diseases as:
- anemia;
- hypertension;
- pneumonia.
The product is also shown to use with an increased excitability of the nervous system. Helps beets and during constipation, disorders of the intestinal function.
In healing purposes, doctors recommend using this useful root plant in the form of salads and first dishes.
The hostesses can take note of several recipes for healing dishes from beets.
To prepare vitamin salad, you will need to take:
- boiled beets - 80 g;
- Apples - 60 g;
- sour cream - 30 g;
- dill, parsley - 10 g;
- Salt and lemon juice - to taste.
The boiled root root is cut with straw, apples - cubes, the greens of finely chop. The ingredients are stirred, refuel lemon juice and sour cream. Salad solid and serve to the table.
You can prepare another variant of the healing salad. To do this, you need to take a set of products consisting of:
- raw beets - 80 g;
- radish - 80 g;
- Fresh greenery - 10 g;
- lemon juice, salt - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 15 g.
Roots in the raw form rubbed on a large grater. Add chopped parsley, dill to them. Fill the salad with vegetable oil and lemon juice. Add some salt to taste.
Applicable for the preparation of healing dishes and beet trees. For the preparation of useful and original lettuce, take:
- Fresh tops - 100 g;
- Salad leaves - 30 g;
- dill, parsley - 5 g;
- Chicken boiled egg - 1-2 pieces;
- Vegetable oil - 15 g;
- Salt - at its discretion.
Salad leaves, beet trees and greens are finely cut. Fill with oil. Add chopped eggs welded screwed. The finished dish is solid to taste.
Prepare more often for your loved ones and first dishes (borsch, beetroot, burgling) from this utility root. Such food will benefit everyone.
If you plan to use for the improvement of the body and the treatment of existing diseases of beetroot juice, remember that it is contraindicated in the pathologies of the kidneys and the bladder, urolithiasis, duodenal disease. Such treatment requires prior approval with the doctor.Author - Ksenia Mikhailova
Source - Springzhizni.ru.