Cabbage Pill with beetroot

Bright, beautiful, juicy and crispy pickled cabbage! Cabbage Pill with beetroot is a simple, budget—friendly and quick-to-prepare dish of white cabbage. Due to the addition of beetroot, cabbage acquires a beautiful color. It can be served as an addition to any dish or as an independent snack.
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Composition / ingredients

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 9 % 1 g
Fats 9 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 82 % 9 g
52 kcal
GI: 44 / 0 / 56

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 3 d 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make Cabbage Pill with beetroot? Prepare the products. Few ingredients are required and they are affordable, and in the harvest season they are also cheap and juicy.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the white cabbage from the upper dry leaves, cut the head into two parts, remove the stalk. Then cut the cabbage into small squares (about three by three centimeters in size) or such large pieces that it will be convenient to put in jars.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash the carrots, peel and cut into thin strips or small cubes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Wash the beets, peel and cut them in a similar way to carrots.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Peel the garlic cloves and cut them into thin slices.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Prepare the marinade. How to make marinade? Pour water into a saucepan, add salt, sugar, bay leaf, pepper and peas. Put the pan with the marinade on medium heat. When the marinade boils, pour in the vinegar, bring the marinade to a boil again and turn off the heat. Allow the marinade to cool completely.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put the sliced vegetables in sterile jars in layers, alternating them with each other. Stack the vegetables up to the neck of the jar tightly. Pour the marinade over the cabbage so that it is completely covered with liquid. Pour a tablespoon of vegetable oil on top of each jar. Cover the jars with nylon lids, but not tightly.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Leave the jars at room temperature for 3 days (the temperature should be between +15 and + 21, it is better to put the jar in a dry locker). Then close the jars tightly and store them in a cool place. And you can immediately serve it to the table, the cabbage is ready. But before serving it is better to cool it, then it will taste better. Enjoy your meal!

The recipe for pickled cabbage pill or pelustka got its name for its appearance and color, because it resembles large flower petals. And "peluski" in translation from Ukrainian means "petals". There are different recipes for cooking such pickled cabbage. The main thing is to marinate cabbage in glass or enameled dishes so that there is no oxidation and spoilage of the taste of the product.

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For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Root vegetables are best washed with a brush or a hard sponge under running water.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Beetroot - 40   kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278   kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Black pepper peas - 255   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • White cabbage - 28   kcal/100g
  • Boiled white cabbage - 21   kcal/100g
  • Table vinegar - 11   kcal/100g

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