Ani’s Kids Recipe,South Indian samayal & Tips!

Just to share with you……

Every body knows how to make beetroot poriyal. I made a slight variation on my own to this poriyal and made this dish.Beetroot  is one of the few vegetables which give the rice color, flavor and  sweetness. I hate to peel out,grate or cut the  beetroot  because of the stain caused by it.  So I don’t cook it often. Oneday somewhere I read that all food s (both vegetables and fruits) which are purple in color are very good for health.  So, I started cooking this veggie often. You can say as beetroot pulav also.

Beetroot rice

Ingredient

1. Cooked rice                       -  2 cups
2. Beetroot                          -  1 cup
3. frozen peas                       -  1/2 cup (optional)
4. onion                             -  1 (small size chopped)
5. tomato                            -  1 (small size chopped)
6. mustard                           -  1/4 tsp
7. curry leaves                      -  as needed
8. oil                               -  as needed

For paste

1. garlic pod                             - 1 (1 piece)
2. ginger                                 - tablet size(can use paste)
3. coconut                                - 2 tsp
4. green chilli                           - 2
5. corriander and mintleaves              - 2 tsp each

Preparation

1. Heat little oil in the pan. Add mustard and let it splutter then add curry leaves.
2. Add chopped onion and tomato and fry ll.
3. Add the grinded paste and fry well till the ginger-garlic raw smell goes away.
4. Add the peas, beetroot (grate if for kids or cut for adults)grated or chopped finely and fry well.
5. To this add little salt just enough for the vegetable.
6. Add little water (we need dry curry at the end) or sprinkle at regular interval and cook the vegetable.
7. Once it is done add the cooked rice  sprinkle the needed salt and mix well so that everything gets blended well.

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