Why it works for iron
Everything in a cabbage roll, in one pot. Sauerkraut and tomato bring vitamin C, carrot adds carotenoids, and the beef's heme iron helps the rest in.
- Iron from
- Beef mince, sauerkraut
- Let in by
- Sauerkraut, tomato paste, carrot
- In the way
- Nothing: no dairy, tea or coffee
Plant iron needs a key to get in. On this plate it has one.
Ingredients
- 125 g beef mince
- 100 g sauerkraut, rinsed if very sour
- 30 g dry rice
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 small onion, 1 carrot
- Paprika, bay leaf, dill
Method
- 1
Brown the mince with the chopped onion and grated carrot.
- 2
Add the sauerkraut, rice, tomato paste, paprika, bay leaf and 200 mL water. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is soft.
- 3
Finish with dill. It tastes even better the next day.
Drink water with it. Have coffee or tea 1 hour before or 2 hours after, as they hold plant iron back.
