Beetroot Dosa

Colourful Dosa......

INGREDIENTS:

• Dosa batter - 2 cup
• Finely chopped Green chillies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
• Chopped Beetroot - 1 cup
• Ghee - 2 tsp
• Gingelly Oil
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook beetroot well and let it cool.
• Grind it into a smooth paste.
• Add the beetroot paste, chopped green chillies, corriander leaves and salt to the dosa batter and mix well.
• Heat a frying pan and smear some oil.
• Spread a spoonful of the batter to a heated pan.
• Smear little ghee on the top.
• When the base is golden brown, turn the other side and cook well.

Beetroot Chappathi

It is a healthy dish which everyone would like.

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat Flour - 2 cups
• Chopped Beetroot - 1 cup
• Chopped Green Chilly - 2 nos
• Chopped Cilantro - 1 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook beetroot well and let it cool.
• Grind it into a smooth paste.
• Add the beetroot paste, salt, chopped cilantro, chopped green chilly and ½ tsp Ghee to the flour and mix well.
• Knead the dough with hands gently until it becomes soft and keep aside for 30 minutes.
• Make the dough into Small balls.
• The dough is rolled out into thin discs with help of dry flour .
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled Chappathi by smearing little ghee.

Beetroot Vada

Beetroot Vada is a quick tea time snack. It is a healthy and nutritious vada. kids also love this colourful and
delicious snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Grated Beetroot - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Beasn Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot,chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly,Curry leaves, Beetoot and salt with gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Sprinkle some water to make a thick dough like parippuvada dough.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Beetroot Cherupayar Thoran / Beetroot Moong daal Stir Fry

Beetroot Cherupayar thoran is a nutritious thoran.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped Beetroot – ½ cup
• Moong Daal / Cherupayar - ½ cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 3 tbsp
• Roundly cut Green Chillies - 2 nos
• Grated Coconut – 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
• Cumin seeds- pinch
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Chilly powder - ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Red chillies - 2 nos
• Coconut Oil - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Moong Daal/ Cherupayar in a Pressure cooker with Turmeric Powder and Water for 3 -4 whistle.
• Crush Coconut, Cumin seed, Chilly Powder and Garlic.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chillies, allow to splutter.
• Add onions and green chillies , sauté until transparent.
• Add beetroot into it.
• Add turmeric powder,little water and salt.
• Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook.
• Add Cooked Beans/ Moong Daal to it and mix well.
• Cook Beetroot and Beans together for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Add the crushed Coconut and mix well.
• Add Curry leaves and stir for 2 minutes and remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: It can be served with Rice / Chappathi.

Beetroot Curry

Beetroot is rich in dietary fiber and has no cholestrol, which makes it a healthy side dish.
Beetroot Curry is a tasty side dish for Chapathi or Naan.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Beetrot -2 medium size
• Diced Onion- 1 no
• Chopped Potato - 1 no
• Diced Tomato - 1 no
• Grated Coconut- ½ cup
• Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder- 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder- ¼ tsp
• Fennelseed powder - 1 tsp
• Coconut Oil -1 tbsp
• Salt -to taste
• Curry leaves - a few

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Chopped Beetroot, Onion and Potato along with Chilly Powder, Coriander Powder, Turmeric Powder, salt and water.
• Grind the coconut into a fine paste.
• Add this paste to the cooked vegetables along with Fennelseed powder and tomato.
• Allow to boil for few minutes. 
• Turn off the stove and add Coconut Oil and Curry leaves.

Recommended Combination: Beetroot curry can be served hot with Chappathi / Rice / Poori / Dosa

Beetroot Mezhukkupuratti / Beetroot Stir Fry

Beetroot Mezhukkupuratti / Stir Fry is a tasty side dish which goes together with Rice.
Beetroot is rich in dietary fiber and has no cholestrol.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Beetrot -2 medium size
• Chopped Onion - 1 small
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp. 
• Red chili powder - ½ tsp.
• Salt to taste
• Oil -1 tbsp
• Curry leaves -a few

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook beetroot in little water along with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Put onion into it and saute till it turns translucent.
• Add the cooked Beetroot and curry leaves into it and fry it.

Recommended Combination:Beetroot Mezhukkupuratti can be served with Rice.

Beetroot Pachadi

Beet root Pachadi is typically made of cooked Beetroot and Green Chilles added in Coconut paste and Curd.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Beetroot - 1 nos
• Grated coconut - ¼ cup
• Green chillies - 4 nos
• Cumin seeds -¼ tsp
• Curd - 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Water - ¼ cup
• Fenugreek Powder- a pinch
• Curry leaves - a few
• Salt  to taste
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp 
• Red chilly - 2 nos 
• Coconut oil -1 tsp 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Grind the coconut and cumin seeds to a fine paste.
• Cook chopped beetroot and green chilly in water along with salt and turmeric powder .
• When the water almost dries up, add coconut paste into it.
• When it starts boil,turn off the stove and allow to cool.
• Add curd to the mixture and stir well.  
• Heat oil in a pan.(optional)
• Add mustrard seeds and red chillies into it, allow to splutter.
• Add curry leaves.
• Pour the seasoning over the pachadi.
• Sprinkle fenugreek powder and mix well.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice.

Beet Root Thoran

Beet Root is a good food for health. It contains carbohydrates, mainly in the form of sugar, and it has a little protein and fat.
Beet Root thoran made up of Beet Root,Coconut Cuts,Onion and Grated Coconut.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Beet Root - 1cup
• Chopped Onion- ½ Cup
• Roundlycut GreenChilly - 5
• Coconut Cuts(nicely slice)- ¼ Cup
• Grated coconut - ¼ Cup
• Chilly Powder -½ tsp
• Corriander Powder --½ tsp
• Perinjeerakam Powder -¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Black gram -1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - as needed
• Curry leaves - few

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Beet Root,Coconut Cuts,Onion,Green Chilly with Turmeric powder,Chilly Powder,Corriander Powder,Perinjeerakam Powder and salt in littlewater.
• Add Grated Coconut to the cooked Beet Root and mix it well.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red chilly and let it splutter.
• Add Black gram and fry it.
• Once Black gram becomes brown add Cooked Beet Root and Curry leaves.
• Stir well and slow down the flame and cook it for 2 mins.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice