Simple Beetroot poriyal

Whether you roast it whole, blend into a classic soup or drink as juice like the Olympians do - beetroot is low in fat, full of vitamins and minerals and packed with powerful antioxidants - a health-food titan. 



That's the specialty of beetroot :)

Here's a simple beetroot poriyal ..

Beetroot poriyal..

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 (chopped)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1.5 tsp
Salt - as required

To Temper:
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Chana dal/kadalai paruppu - 1.5 tbsp
Hing/Perunkaayam - 1 tsp
Green chillis - 1

Method:

1. Start cooking chopped beetroot in boiling water. Once it is 3/4th cooked, add in salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
2. In a separate tadka pan/tempering pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, add in other tempering ingredients. Cook till dals turn brown ..
3. Once beetroots are cooked, pour in the tempered ingredients.
4. Serve hot as side dish to curd rice/sambar rice ..

Pictorial:

Your ingredients are here ..

Start cooking beetroot in boiling water, make sure your beetroots are immersed well ..

Once it is half cooked, add in the masala powders ..

In a separate pan, start tempering ..

Once chana dal turns brown, pour it over the cooked beetroots ..

Simple beetroot side dish is ready :) :) :)

Hope you'll it Folkz :)