Beetroot Rice | Beetroot Pulao
Beetroot rice is a colourful sweet rice made by cooking beetroot with rice, spices, coconut & herbs. Beetroot rice is healthy & kids favorite rice ideal for lunch box & kids parties. Beet Rice Recipe explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 3/4 cup beetroot finely chopped
- 1/4 cup green peas
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 small sized big onion finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/4 teaspoon chana masala powder or pav bhaji powder
- a pinch turmeric powder
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
To Temper :
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 tablespoon ghee
- 1/2 inch stick cinnamon
- 2 cloves
- 1 cardamom
To grind to a coarse paste:
- 5 small onion
- 1 green chilli
Instructions
- Soak rice for 30mins.
- Take a mixer and grind small onion and green chili to a coarse paste. I used 5 small onions which was big so halved them.
- Chop beets into small cubes, remove peas from shell rinse the veggies and keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil + ghee – add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, let it splutter.
- Add ginger garlic paste, onion chilli paste. Fry till raw smell leaves.
- Saute in low flame for at least 3mins.
- Then add chopped onion and fry till it turns translucent.
- Add chana masala powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder. Fry the masala well for 5mins.
- Add beetroot & peas and saute in low flame for 2mins.
- Add required salt.
- Drain water and add the rice and give a quick saute till the masalas are nicely coated with the rice.
- Add water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Once pressure releases fluff the rice and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve Beetroot Rice hot / warm!
Notes
- Soaking rice helps in cooking faster and gives a nice fluffy texture.
- You can even cook this pulao in pan, but adjust water accordingly. It may require atleast 2.5 cups of water.
- Take care to add the spice powders only after the raw smell of onion garlic leaves.
- This rice is very mild and less spicy. You can use spice as you prefer. It depends on the sweetness of the beets.
- Adding chana masala powder gives a extra flavour, but if you don’t have it just go ahead with garam masala powder or pav bhaji masala powder.
Nutrition Facts
Beetroot Rice | Beetroot Pulao
Amount Per Serving (225 g)
Calories 511
Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 10mg3%
Sodium 136mg6%
Potassium 521mg15%
Carbohydrates 96g32%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 163IU3%
Vitamin C 22mg27%
Calcium 81mg8%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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