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As a kid I had trouble eating most vegetables and even during that time beetroot was my fav. Mixing it with curd rice to see the pink color was so exciting – hmm…good old memories. We make either beets poriyal or pachadi I like beets in any form but hubby on the other side is not fond of this veggie. But now I’ve a company as mittu likes beets too 🙂
Beetroot Poriyal Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 30 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Beetroot – 1 big sized
Big Onion -1 medium sized
Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp
Sambar powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Turmeric powder – a generous pinch
Salt – to taste
To Temper:
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dhal – 1/2 tsp
Red Chillies – 2
Curry leaves – few
Hing(Perungayam) – 1/4 tsp
Method:
- Wash beetroot, peel off skin and chop it finely. Immerse it in water and wash it once again to get rid of the mud smell if any. Pressure cook beetroot with water( just till immersing level) turmeric powder and salt for 3-4 whistles.
- Heat oil in a kadai – Add the items listed under ‘to temper’. Then add onion fry till slightly browned. Then add cooked beets.
- Once the moisture is absorbed, add sambar powder and salt. Then add grated coconut, give a quick stir and switch off.
Serve hot with rice and sambar – my favourite combination for lunch.
My Notes:
- You can skip pressure cooking and cook beets while sauting itself. But I find this method easier as it makes cooking faster.
- Adding sambar powder is purely optional, you can skip it too but I like the mild flavour of it so we prefer adding it.
- Amma always adds coconut only after switching off any poriyal as raw coconut is not much of cholesterol she says so using it as raw as much as possible is good.
Laavanya says
March 31, 2012 at 12:01 pmSharmi – same pinch! 🙂 I too posted beetroot poriyal yday. Great minds think alike? 🙂
Srimathi says
March 31, 2012 at 1:17 pmOh Sharmi! not beetroot today. I don't like beetroot, but my husband and daughter love it 🙂
Shobha says
March 31, 2012 at 1:31 pmI also love adding a little sambar powder to my poriyals.
Beetroot poriyal goes so well with curd rice, as you said.
I love it too.
Cilantro says
March 31, 2012 at 1:41 pmAmma makes this Poriyal often. I am not a big fan of beets Sharmi, my husband and daughter like it so I have no option but to make it.
Paaka Shaale says
March 31, 2012 at 1:50 pmThe stir fry looks so yummy!!! Love the colour 🙂
Aarthi says
March 31, 2012 at 1:58 pmnice looking poriyal…Will try soon
Pavithra Elangovan says
March 31, 2012 at 2:49 pmLove beets a looooooooot and offcourse the Poriyal too.. Looks yumm 🙂
savitha ramesh says
March 31, 2012 at 3:05 pmHealthy and colourful poriyal…loving it
Vardhini says
March 31, 2012 at 4:40 pmSimple and healthy poriyal.
Vardhini
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Kavitha Bhargav says
March 31, 2012 at 7:17 pmLovely.. great source of iron. by the way I thought of asking you a question. Is it not inconvenient to use dosa spoon in kadai (or any other mixing) since the edges will be flat?
ANU says
March 31, 2012 at 7:25 pmOMG! this is awesome….wow ur clicks mk the dish look beautiful! 🙂
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priya ravi says
March 31, 2012 at 10:53 pmLove beetroot poriyal.. looks so nice ..
Shabitha Karthikeyan says
March 31, 2012 at 11:30 pmYummy poriyal !! My fav too..
jeyashrisuresh says
April 1, 2012 at 12:25 amsimple and delicious curry. Me too make in the similar way, but no patience to cut beetroot. i grate this
San says
April 1, 2012 at 3:11 amMy lunch box menu consisted of beetroot rice lots of times. Inviting beetroot stir fry sharmi.
Angie's Recipes says
April 1, 2012 at 4:46 amLove beetroot, esp. when roasted..never try them stir-fried though. Yours looks delicious.
dassana says
April 1, 2012 at 10:38 amthe beetroot poriyal is looking so nice.to have it with sambar and rice… one of my fav combinations too.
hemalata says
April 1, 2012 at 11:04 amYummy n healthy poriyal,sounds so delicious.
An Open Book says
April 1, 2012 at 11:36 amoooh im def trying this
Torviewtoronto says
April 1, 2012 at 11:16 pmdelicious looking beetroot poriyal
Sobha Shyam says
April 2, 2012 at 3:56 amsimple and delicious poriyal 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN says
April 2, 2012 at 10:46 amMy favorite poriyal,lovely clicks
Sathya Priya says
April 5, 2012 at 8:14 amhi da my mom makes the same way….even i love this veg…..nice pic…
clicksnbites says
September 25, 2015 at 9:34 amlovely 🙂 I make this poriyal with beetroot and peanuts 🙂
neha says
March 14, 2017 at 7:01 pmThanks Sharmi. My family really liked this dish, even my fussy kid. The addition of sambar powder is a really good idea. I did not add any coconut. It was still quite tasty.