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Beetroot Veg Puffs – Simple

Here is a simple crunchy savory Beetroot Veg Puffs made extra easy with ready-to-use frozen puff pastry.

They can always be made with left-over beets or any veggies that you would like to add into your puff filling. One can even pack these for lunch as take-away for picnics, outings or when going for a trek.

Puff Pastry – 1 pack ready-to-use, thaw it as per instructions on package (*see notes)

baked veg puffs - 2

They look super delicious with a lovely golden color on top.

beet puff filling
beet veg puff

Crispy Veg Puffs | Dinner, lunch, Snacks

Beetroot Vegetarian Puffs

Beetroot Puffs with ready-to-use frozen puff pastry. Add desired veggies and pack them for picnics, lunch or outings during summer.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Indian, Mediterranean
Servings 2 people
Calories 323 kcal

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g puff pastry
  • 1 egg (egg wash)

Filling

  • 1 tbsp veg oil / ghee
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2 small potatoes
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 small tomato
  • ½ green bell pepper / red bell pepper
  • 1 medium beetroot
  • ½ tbsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala powder
  • Salt to taste
  • cup green peas
  • 1 tsp red chili powder (optional)

Instructions
 

Pastry Filling

  • Peel and Chop the onion and the potatoes. Heat a pan with 1 tbsp veg oil / ghee, fry the 1 small onion till translucent, add 2 small potatoes sprinkle some salt. Fry for 1-2 minutes, add 1/4 cup water.
    Cover and cook on medium-low until potatoes are soft by piercing it with fork. We do not want the gravy to be runny so make sure not to add too much water. Meantime, while the potatoes cook prepare the rest of the ingredients
    1 tbsp veg oil / ghee, 1 small onion, 2 small potatoes
    Cooking potatoes for puff filling | Puffs
  • Add chopped 2 cloves garlic and 1 small tomato. Fry for a minute then add green peppers and 1 medium beetroot, salt. You can now add 1/8 cup green peas. Fry for 2-3 minutes
    2 cloves garlic, 1 small tomato, 1/2 green bell pepper / red bell pepper, 1 medium beetroot, Salt to taste, 1/8 cup green peas
    Vegetable Mixture for Puff filling
  • Mix the spices such as 1 tsp garam masala powder and 1/2 tbsp coriander powder. We prefer non-spicy so haven’t added any chili powder.
    Cook for another 3-4 minutes, check for salt. Turn off heat and set aside while you get the puff pastry ready.
    1/2 tbsp coriander powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp red chili powder (optional)
    Spiced Puffs | Red filling of Beetroot

Pastry puff

  • I used the whole pack of 500 g puff pastry.  If it is sticky, powder the work surface and the pastry with All-purpose flour. Flatten the pastry using a roller pin to get a rectangular shape, it doesn’t matter if its thick. Cut out the uneven edges. I divided this into 4 equal parts.
    Meantime, pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
    Puff Pastry | Delicious Sweet Aroma
  • Deciding on how you want to fold it, fill one side of each pastry with the veg mixture leaving some gap on the edge to seal it.
    Ready-to-Make Puff Pastry fillings | Beetroot filling
  • Once you are done with filling brush the edges with egg wash by painting with egg mixture using a brush. Fold them and press to seal, you can also use a fork. Roll the left over pastry, fill it, brush the egg wash and bring the edges together to seal it.
    Veg puffs with Beet filling | Ready to Bake | Vegetarian Simple Bakes
  • They look super delicious with a lovely golden color on top.
    Beet Veg Puff | Baked in less than 25-min

Notes

The puff pastry is usually stored in the freezer. The package that I used says it needs to be kept outside for 10 minutes before flattening it in order to make it easier to handle. I had almost forgotten that I had kept the pastry out on the kitchen counter for too long for about 45 minutes and when I opened, it was slightly sticky and less manageable. I used flour while flattening it making it more easier to roll. So make sure to read the package instructions before using it.
  1. Go for second round of baking for left over pastry puffs.
  2. if your wondering what to do with left over unpeeled beets, wrap it in cling wrap to store and use it next time to prepare beetroot rice
Keyword Easy vegetarian recipe, Savory pastry, vegetarian puff recipe, Vegetarian snack

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Beet Apple Carrot juice

This fresh juice of beetroot, carrot and apple has a wonderful rich red color of beets with their natural sweetness. Its stunningly delicious which has been one of my favorites ever since. Having this chilled was refreshing and has been considered as a miracle drink because of a wide range of health benefits.

Preparation time: 5 -10 minutes

Appliance: Juice machine / Juice Blender

Makes: 2 – 3

 

 

Ingredients

Raw beetroot – 1 medium / 165 g  , peeled, washed and roughly chopped (*see notes)

Carrots – 1 medium / 100 g, peeled, washed and roughly chopped

Apple – 1/ 135 g, washed and roughly chopped

Water – 1 cup

vegetable brush (optional)

 

Directions

1. Wash the beets and carrots under cool running water removing any dirt, residues on the skins or bruises and molds. If you intend to use the skin scrub it with a vegetable brush.

2. Cut the beets, carrots and apples removing any pits and areas you do not want to juice.

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Put them in a juice blender with 1 cup water (*see notes). Run the juicer for a minute to get it moving. Add some ice cubes and run for few more seconds until they are all juiced.

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3. Its best to serve immediately for optimal freshness and nutritional content. The lon

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Notes

*I suggest preparing this juice intended for one time and not storing it which otherwise could create stomach discomfort.

*Portion the beets, carrots and apple to fit easily into your juicer not to overstuff, otherwise the juicer blade and motor could get damaged.

*Using ice cubes tends to heat the juice less to maintain the freshness.

*You can include the stem and greens of beetroot to boost the nutritional content.

 

For more on chilled drinks click and hover on the link below

Passion Fruit Juice

Banana Cream Shake

Blueberry Smoothie

 

 

Stay Healthy!

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Easy Beetroot Rice

When I say Beetroot rice, what is the first thing you notice? Oh yes! The color, of course. It’s gorgeous purple/red color is so deep and vibrant, that when combined with rice, just makes a wonderful one pot easy recipe.

If you have tried this, then drop a feedback of your recipe.

 

 

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

Olive oil/Ghee – 2 tbsp

Grated Beetroot – 1 big size

Basmathi rice/ Ponni rice – 1 cup

Onions (optional) – 1 medium, cut into thin long strips

Green chilies – 1

Cinnamon – 1 bark

Cardamom – 2

Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp

Salt – 3/4 tsp

Water – 2 cups

 Beetrootbeetroot, onions

 

Directions

1. In a pressure cooker or deep sauce pan (see notes if your using electric rice cooker) add 2 tbsp olive oil/ghee. Fry the cinnamon, cardamom and fennel for a minute on medium.

cinnamon, cardamom, fennel seeds

2. Add onions, green chilies, grated beetroot and salt. Stir well and fry for 4 minutes until its slightly less raw.

onions, green chilies

beetroot, onions

3. Now, add rice with 2 cups of water( twice the quantity of rice taken). Mix and taste for salt. Add more if necessary. 

rice, beetroot

beetroot

4. Close and cook (for pressure cookers one whistle, if using electric rice cooker check in 15 mins if the rice is cooked and make sure not to over mix)

 

My Beetroot Rice is ready with Papad (it’s tortilla like) and some cheesy pork sausages. Yummm!!

Easy Beetroot Rice

 

Notes

*If your using an electric rice cooker. First, fry all the ingredients till step 2, add rice, water and check for salt. Transfer the contents to the cooker and cook.

 

Stay Healthy!

 

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