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Medical Use:
REED BEET MEAL
LEAF
2
Ingredients
2 medium red beets
1 medium onion
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 pinch of salt
1 cube of sugar
1 teaspoon of water
Recipe;
Wash red beets with plenty of water.
Leave the washed beets in a medium saucepan to boil.
If the beets are boiled, wait for them to cool and peel their shells. Put
the olive oil in a separate pot and cook the small chopped onions
beforehand.
Continue to roast the onion until it is pink.
Add the beetroot with the onions in pink and continue to fry.
After the curd, add vinegar, lemon juice and salt and mix.
Finally, melt 1 cup of sugar cubes into 1 cup of water.
Add the water to the beets. Close the lid of the cook and cook the food
on a low heat. .
Red beet ready to eat.
You can now serve.
Bon Appetit.
BEYZA BALKAN
Today the beetroot is still championed
as a universal panacea. One of the most
controversial
examples is the official
medium
red
position of the South African Health
Minister on the treatment of AIDS. Dr
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Health
Minister under Thabo Mbeki, had been
nicknamed "Dr Beetroot" for promoting
beets and other vegetables over
antiretroviral AIDS medicines, which she
considers toxic