Organic Red Food Colour

If you are someone like me who adds food colour to gravies, cakes etc, but doesn't like it as they are chemical rich, then you've landed at the perfect place cause we have organic red food colour recipe made using 100% natural ingredients and also yields bright red colour to your dishes. Try this chemical-free recipe and let me know in the comments how it turned out.

INGREDIENTS:

*Beetroot- 500 gms 

Note: *For Bright Food colour, make sure to buy Beetroots in winter, that's when they're in season.

 *And also make sure they are deep red in colour when you peel them such that your palms also get a red colour. Such beetroot yield good food colour.

PROCEDURE:

*Peel beetroots, wash them well and drain in a colander.

*Grate beetroots finely and spread them in large plates.

*Let them dry under sun for atleast 4-5 days or you can even place the plate on top of a hot utensil.

*The texture of the beetroot should get dry and hard by now.

*Now add this to small mixer jar and make it into a fine powder.

*You can even sift it for fine powder.

*Store it in an airtight container, stays good for more than a year.