With its antioxidant reserves and delicious taste, beets are indispensable in our kitchens, fresh and dried, on our tables in all seasons. We share the tricks of drying beets with the Defya Family. Dried beets, which you can easily prepare with useful and practical Defya products, should also take their place in the first place of your pantry. The details you will find in our article;
• First, we will note that you can dry beets with Defya products. You will meet Defya products that will help you dry beets that will bring flavor and health to your kitchen.
• Then, he will explain the importance of drying beets,
• We will share with you the methods of drying beets.
• It will detail the drying period and storage details of beets,
• We will explain the benefits of dried beets.
• Under the heading of the power of beetroot, we will mention the nutritional value of dried beetroot. We will also discuss its health benefits.
Bring Taste and Health to Your Kitchens by Drying Beetroot with Defya Products
Defya, the authorized distributor of Seçin products that support good living in Turkey, is also with you in the beet drying processes. Here are Trib est’s most popular products:
• Tribest Sedona Supreme 47 Lt Fruit and Vegetable Dryer can be programmed to dry in succession at different temperatures. This feature can also be used for beets that are dried first at high and then at low temperatures. The device, which has a large internal volume of 47 lt and 9 shelves, helps keep the enzymes in foods alive with its heat control feature.
• Tribest Sedona Classic 47 Lt Fruit and Vegetable Dryer has 9 BPA-free plastic shelves. Thus, it can dry even small pieces without dropping them. It has the feature of working with both double and single fans. In this way, it promises energy saving by working with a single fan when the amount of food to be dried is small.
• Tribest Sedona Express 25 Lt. Fruit and Vegetable Dryer can perform two-level sequential drying. It makes a difference with its washable filter and 11 stainless steel shelves. The product dries foods evenly. In addition, LED lighting and glass windows allow you to control every moment of drying.
What is the Importance of Drying Beetroot?
The antioxidant richness of red vegetables and fruits is well known. However, eating enough colourful foods requires effort. It is not easy for many people to consume vegetables like beets frequently. Moreover, when beets are overripe, they have hard strips like bones on their insides. This texture makes them harder to consume. Moreover, the taste of overripe beets does not satisfy consumers. Drying beets preserve the nutritional value, special texture and flavour of vegetables collected at the right time for all four seasons. Vegetables consumed in powder form or in dried slices make red vegetable consumption much more practical.
Variety of Uses of Dried Beetroot in the Kitchen
You can prepare many different foods in the kitchen with dried beets that you have prepared by drying beets. Here are some examples that will prove the variety of uses of dried beets in the kitchen:
• You can make beetroot powder. You can use dried beets as a condiment by blending them. You can add nutrition and flavor to your meals by adding the powder to meals, soups and smoothies. Moreover, dried beets have a slightly sweet taste. In this way, you can include the powder in both sweet and salty dishes.
• When dried beets are dried at the right temperature and for the right time, the vegetable retains its attractive red color. In this way, the powder of dried beets can be easily used as a colorant in meals. You can also powder dried beets and mix them with cream. You can make pink cakes and desserts with the natural color of beets. Similarly, you can add color to pasta salads. You can make your pastries different with pink. Children especially love these colors… In this way, it becomes easier to make children eat even the foods they do not like.
• You can add the dried fruit to meatballs, meat and vegetable mixtures.
• You can make chips by adding spices and salt to the slices while drying the beets. You can consume these chips as a snack.
What are the methods for drying beets?
Beetroot drying can be done in the oven, in the sun or in a dryer. However, it creates a disadvantage since contact with dust is possible during drying in the sun. Likewise, drying in the sun can take days because the temperature and humidity cannot be controlled. There are no vents in ovens. In addition, ovens that are experts in cooking unfortunately cook the food while drying. This means loss of enzymes, vitamins and minerals. For all these reasons, we can say that dehydrators are the ideal method for drying beets.