The most delicious recipes for pickled cabbage in Guri-style with beets and without

Gurijki pickled cabbage is one of the most delicious Georgian blanks for the winter. Finished cabbage can be bought in any market, but the dish will be more delicious if you cook it yourself at home, it is not difficult to do it. This article will tell you what features of cabbage are in Gurian style, what are the benefits and harm of the dish, how to cook cabbage according to classic and quick recipes, what other recipes there are, and how to serve the dish as effectively as possible.

Dish features

For those who want to decorate their festive table, this dish will be a boon, since pickled cabbage differs in Gurian from the usual familiar and familiar pickled cabbage with bright ruby ​​color, rich spicy aroma and pronounced flavor, thanks to the addition of beets and various spices.

How to choose a heading?

To make the harvesting properly, due attention should be paid to the choice of the cabbage head. Experienced cooks are advised to buy for cooking snacks heads of white color, thick and large, fully ripe.

Benefit and harm

Nutritionists note that Guriana pickled cabbage is capable of retaining useful properties, The vegetable contains the following useful items.:

• iron;
• magnesium;
• iodine;
• chlorine;
• calcium;
• phosphorus;
• sulfur;
• zinc.

Thanks to the beneficial substances in its composition, cabbage increases the body's defenses, improves the intestinal microflora, and even enhances stress resistance. Doctors say that people whose diet is present in this dish are easier to cope with avitaminosis and are less likely to suffer from colds. These properties are explained by the content in the vegetable vitamin C.

It is also worth mentioning that in Guriana pickled cabbage there are amino acids, i.e.:

• carotene;
• pectin;
• lysine.

These substances contribute to the improvement of the activity of the gastrointestinal tract organs, namely, they reduce cholesterol levels, fight against pathogens.

Reference! Guriana pickled cabbage stimulates metabolic processes and has a positive effect on the body in diseases such as gout, ischemia of the heart, gastritis, and chronic constipation.

In addition, nutritionists recommend eating this dish to those who wish to lose weight, as it has a very low calorie content, which is 47 kilocalories per 100 grams of product. The amount of fat is 0.55 g, carbohydrates 12.2 g, proteins 1.51 g.

But, despite all its positive properties of the dish, if it is abused it can be harmful to health, for example, to cause flatulence of the intestine due to the high fiber content. It is also not recommended to use the dish to those people who suffer from diarrhea, colitis, increased acidity of the stomach, enteritis, hypertension, or suffered a myocardial infarction.

More information about the benefits and harm of pickled cabbage can be found here.

Step-by-step instruction

Cooks have invented more than one recipe for this wonderful dish. Quite often, the composition of ingredients in the preparation varies, the only thing in the preparation of this dish that has remained unchanged for centuries is the amount of salt added to it. Unsalted or pickled marinade can spoil the taste of cabbage, therefore It is recommended to add no more than 1-2 tablespoons of salt per liter of water.

For more information about cooking marinade for cabbage can be found here.

Classic recipe with beets

The following ingredients will be necessary to prepare the blank according to the classic recipe.:

• two kilograms of white cabbage;
• one bunch of celery;
• 250 g of beets;
• one bunch of dill;
• three cloves of garlic;
• 2.5 glasses of water;
• ¼ glasses of table or wine vinegar;
• 10 black peppercorns;
• two bay leaves;
• ½ cup of sugar;
• one tablespoon of salt;
• 10 peas allspice.

Preparing the dish as follows:

1. Heading washed and cut into 8 pieces with slices.
2. Beets are peeled and cut into half rings.
3. Greens are washed, the garlic is peeled.
4. Then cabbage, dill and celery, beets and garlic are placed in an enamel or glass bowl. Next, the vegetables are stacked with another layer in the same order, compacted.
5. Next, the marinade is prepared, the water is poured into a boil, in which pepper, sugar, laurel, salt, and vinegar are poured.
6. Marinade immediately pours into the cabbage in such a way that it covers the top layer.
7. Then the container is covered with a lid, and the vegetables are left to marinate for three days at room temperature.

Reference! After three days, the marinade is ready to eat, it should be stored in the refrigerator.

We offer you to watch a video about cooking cabbage in Guriy way:

About other recipes for pickled cabbage with beets can be found in this material.

Quick way

In order to prepare the dish in a faster way, you need to stock up on the following ingredients.:

• two kilos of white cabbage;
• two carrots;
• garlic head;
• two beets;
• 200 ml of apple cider vinegar;
• two tablespoons of salt;
• two leaves of lavrushka;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 3-4 pieces carnations;
• 10 black peppercorns;
• a bunch of cilantro or celery;
• 3-4 peas allspice;
• hot chili peppers;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil.

The food is prepared as follows:

1. The top leaves are removed from the cabbage, the vegetable is cut into squares 3 to 3 centimeters.
2. Beets and carrots are peeled and cut into strips.
3. All vegetables are laid out in an enameled pan.
4. Next, hot pepper is cut into rings, and garlic slices. Everything is added to the vegetables in the pan.
5. Then the marinade is prepared, the water in the amount of one liter is brought to a boil, all spices are added to it, when the marinade is removed from the stove, vinegar is poured into it and thoroughly mixed.
6. Next, pour the vegetables in a saucepan with a hot marinade, put a plate on top, on which the load is placed (for more information about the different recipes for hot marinade for cabbage, you can find out here).

Cabbage is marinated for no more than a day, then laid out in cans and sent for storage in a refrigerator or cellar.

We offer you to watch a video about cooking cabbage in a Gurijian way in a fast way:

More details about other recipes for pickled cabbage with carrots can be found here.

Other cooking variations

Gurijian-style pickled cabbage can also be prepared in other ways, the following are most often used.

• Without vinegar. Not all housewives add vinegar to the marinade when preparing blanks, as they consider it not very beneficial for the stomach. It should be noted that cabbage in Gurian style without vinegar is prepared in the same way as in the classical recipe, but this ingredient is not poured into the marinade. Cooks only recommend giving the vegetables a little longer to marinate, that is, 4-5 days, then they become ready to eat.
• Without beet. Traditionally, this dish is prepared with this vegetable, but some housewives experiment and carrots and sweet peppers are added instead of beets. The remaining ingredients correspond to those used in the classical preparation of dishes.
• Without celery. Many housewives prefer to marinate cabbage in Gurian style, without using celery, due to the fact that not all members of the family like it. In this case, this ingredient is often replaced by more familiar parsley, otherwise the food is prepared exactly the same as in the classic recipe.

Filing options

Quite often, Guriana-style pickled cabbage is served on the table as an independent dish. Sometimes onions, sliced ​​into rings, are added to the finished dish and poured over with vegetable or olive oil, served as a salad.

Gurijki pickled cabbage is an interesting and tasty dish that is perfect for any holiday table, no matter what time of year the event takes place.

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