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Basotho Beetroot Salad

Name: Basotho Beetroot Salad
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lesotho
Ingredients: 3 Beets; 1/2 Onion; 4 tbsp Vinegar; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Side Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Boiled beets dressed with onion and sweet vinegar — a salad on Lesotho's Sunday table.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sunday tables in Lesotho and southern Africa are laid with colorful sides — red, green, and yellow. Boiled beets dressed with onion in sweet vinegar are a must. Made the day before, the flavors meld nicely.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday table in Lesotho, bright red beet salad sits in a small bowl beside papa and stew.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beets 3
Onion 1/2
Vinegar 4 tbsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the beets in their skins for 40 minutes until a skewer slides in.
Cool, peel, and dice.
Thinly slice the onion.
Mix the vinegar, sugar, salt, and oil and toss with the beets and onion.
Let meld in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

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