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spinach, beets, turmeric, red cabbage

Homemade natural food colouring

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  • Author: Magali Mutombo
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 25 min
  • Total Time: 35 min
  • Category: Condiments
  • Method: Boiling
  • Cuisine: World

Description

These are food colouring made with natural ingredients.


Ingredients

  • Red: 3 beets peeled
  • Yellow: 1Tbsp of turmeric
  • Purple: 1 red cabbage
  • Green: 1 bunch of spinach
  • Blue: 1 red cabbage + ¼ tbsp of baking soda

Instructions

  1. Roughly chop the vegetables and put them in a small sauce pan with 2 cups of water over medium-high heat. 
  2. Bring them to a boil then reduce to a simmer for 25 min.
  3. Using a blender, puree the vegetables with their cooking water. Strain and transfer to a clean jar.

*For the purple color: remove the cabbage and put the liquid back on the stove until you get a syrupy texture.

*For the blue color: add the baking soda to the purple syrup.

*For the yellow color: add the turmeric to ½ cup of water in a sauce pan and let it simmer for 10 min. Then, let it cool.