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Make your own beetroot powder.

 

Make your own beetroot powder.

Beetroot has been gaining popularity as a health food. However that doesn’t mean its taste has suddenly become popular as well. This has lead to the creation of beetroot powder, so you can have the health benefits without the taste. But you can use it for other things as well.

Beetroots have been a part of the human diet since Neolithic times but it only became a super food in recent years. It can apparently cure anything from heart disease, to diabetes and dementia. I don’t know if there is any science to back these claims up but, to me, it doesn’t really matter. Beetroots are a tasty veggie that you should add to your diet anyway. As a baby, beetroots were among the first solid foods I ate. I loved them then and I love them now. For others, like my husband, the sweet earthy taste is more of an acquired taste.

They do have one side effect, that might give you a fright if caught unawares: beetroot can give your urine a reddish color. This is called beeturia but there’s no need to worry. It’s completely harmless. The red pigments that cause this are called betalains. It’s these that give the vegetable it super food status as well as its signature color.

Anyone who has ever cooked with beetroots will know it’s a messy affair. They are full of beetroot juice, which is very red and leaves big stains. Turning beetroots into powder is a great way of reducing the mess. The powder is very useful as a foodcoloring. I used it in our Valentine’s day cake. Another option is using it as homemade natural make-up. I haven’t personally tried this, but with its pretty fuchsia color, it could certainly work.

When using it as a food coloring, it’s a good idea though to keep in mind that beetroot powder is a natural color. Firstly this means that the colors you can achieve with it will never be as bright as with artificial dyes. Secondly, it has a limited shelf live. Store it in an airtight container, away from light. Even then, it will turn brown after a while.

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Make your own beetroot powder.
Beetroot has been gaining popularity as a health food but it's an acquired taste. Beetroot powder has both color and health benefits but none of the taste.
Make your own beetroot powder.
Course Preserving
Servings
Ingredients
Ingredients
  • boiled beetroots
Materials
  • dehydrator or oven
  • blender or food processor
Course Preserving
Servings
Ingredients
Ingredients
  • boiled beetroots
Materials
  • dehydrator or oven
  • blender or food processor
Make your own beetroot powder.
Instructions
  1. I used beetroots that had already been boiled. If you're using fresh beetroots, boil or steam them until they're soft.
    Make your own beetroot powder.
  2. Put the beetroots into a blender or foodprocessor. Blend into a smooth purée.
  3. Spread the purée thinly onto a tray. Then dry it in a dehydrator or oven at 60°C (135°F). This will take about 10 hours.
    Make your own beetroot powder.
  4. When the purée is dry, remove it from the tray and blend it to a powder. The beetroot powder will be very fine so don’t remove the lid immediately, unless you want to try inhaling it. Allow it some time to settle.
  5. Store the beetroot powder in an airtight container, away from light. One teaspoon of beetroot powder is equivalent to about one average sized beet.

Make your own beetroot powder.

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4 Comments

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  1. BETTY says

    5 September 2019 at 01:32

    HELLO NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE IT,AS I PLAN ON MAKING MY OWN BEET POWDER ALSO.
    Betalains are water soluble pigments. They are unstable and begin to slowly degrade immediately after extraction from beet cells, under the influence of enzymes, oxygen, and light. Besides that, beet pigments are very sensitive to alkaline environment and high temperature. While they are stable in acidic environment, showing greatest stability at pH 4.5, in alkaline solution (pH 7 and more) they degrade. When exposed to strong alkalis, they degrade almost instantly, changing color to yellow-brown. Beet pigments are sensitive to heat, and begin to degrade at 50oC (122oF), although not so rapidly like in strong alkalis. It is reported that exposure to 100oC (212oF) will destroy more than 80% of red pigments within 3 hours.

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  2. Cranky says

    8 December 2019 at 04:46

    Why powder it. Might as well just consume a boiled one as it is.

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    • miriam says

      11 February 2020 at 13:02

      Beetroot has a lot of moisture. That could cause problems in some recipes. In those cases, using the powdered version is a better option.

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  3. Country Kitchen says

    12 September 2020 at 15:05

    Hi..
    It does get humid if the roasted beets are not cooled down completely, and not stored in an airtight container. So you need to make sure that the when you are storing the powder, it has cooled down, and the jar you are storing in is completely dry. I have mine for almost 10 months now, and it is still good.

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