Beetroot poriyal is a mild dish with medium or less spice, cooked as south Indian accompaniment for lunch along side rice and other gravies.
I am making beetroot poriyal only second time in my life. That’s because Vj hates beets. I had no thoughts about it, but it’s been ages since I had this veggie. I really got bored of my cooking with the few veggies in routine,which will be Aj’s favourite mostly.
The veggies I like both dad and son wont like. I will be mostly lazy to cook for my taste, and also I eat anything and everything. So no problem. I picked beets to bring a change in my cooking and made both of them eat this veggie the other day. I hope once in a while it IS OK for them.
Beetroot poriyal recipe
Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)
- Pan
- knife
- peeler
- chopping board
- ladle
Ingredients
- 2 Beetroot
- 1 Onion
- ¼ cup Coconut grated
- 1 & ½ tsp Sambar powder
- Salt - As needed
- 1 pinch Sugar
To temper
- 2 tsp Oil
- ½ tsp Mustard
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Peel the skin of beets,wash it and cut into tiny cubes. Chop onion finely. Refer this post for detailed picture to learn how to chop.
- Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add the cut beet root,sugar and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame.
- Add ¼ cup water,salt and cook covered for 4-6 minutes or until done. Add the sambar powder and give a quick stir and then lastly the grated coconut. Stir for a minute and transfer to the serving bowl.
Notes
- Adding sambar powder lastly helps to retain the colour of the beets.
- You can skip sambar powder and temper with 2 red chillies while tempering.
Method:
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- Peel the skin of beets,wash it and cut into tiny cubes. Refer this post to learn how to chop beets in detail.
- Chop onion finely. Heat kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add the chopped onion, cut beet root, sugar and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame.
- Sprinkle ¼ cup water,salt and cook covered for 4-6 minutes or until done. Add the sambar powder and give a quick stir and then lastly the grated coconut. Stir for a minute and transfer to the serving bowl.
Serve as an accompaniment for rice or you can also mix with rice and sesame oil/ghee and enjoy this poriyal!
Poriyal looks good Raks..:) I love beet and the colour looks fabulous..:)
Loved it..:)
Reva
Such a vibrant colourful poriyal.
vibrant color ……..luks fabulus
Such a healthy, colorful poriyal..
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
I love beets just for its colour. Very attractive colour and simple but comfort poriyal.
Love the color!! Looks delicious!!
Love the color,yummy and healthy
Raji..This is amma's special recipe..I love this with plain rice and rasam…yummy…Your pictures looks so inviting…
Aarthi
Lovely color!!
Nice clicks.. looks awesome..
I like beet but none in my home. I make the same way too. That is a bright picture 🙂
Love it. very simple one 🙂
Lovely Porial Raji, Looks yummy:)
Yummy .. I love this curry
Beetroot Poriyal luks so vibrant,healthy sidedish..
So vibrant colour..I am not a beet lover but I too won't mind eating this once a while.
The color is FANTASTIC, nice homey recipe 🙂
USMasala
Beetroot poriyal looks delicious… beautiful colour..
Its ditto at my place too Raji..i like beets n hubby does not like..so I dont get 2 prepare this but I love this curry..best wid rice and rasam..
perfect with hot rice..looks so colourful..
simply one of the best curries one can make…so healthy and tasty…urs look jus the perfect version!
With some rice and curd I can polish off this poriyal.
I've never tried adding sambar powder, great idea will try this.
Even i too prepare the same kind and its still lying in my drafts.An easy and simple one.
Colour looks splendid. Authentic Recipe looks great.
Beets is my fav veggie too…looks flavourful and yummy
yummilicious 🙂
Made this for lunch today..its a regular affair at our place..kids favorite…nice clicks
Herbs & Flowers: Spring Onions
Ah my favourite!!! Love the colour 🙂
wow what a colour. Good one.
Just love this healthy and catchy poriyal..serve me with a bowl of rice and papads,i'll happily have this delicious poriyal anytime.
Looks so healthy and delicious!
I dont like this veggie much but would love to have this bowlful.
Hee Hee! I used to run away from this veggie in the hostel basically because all the water the cook used to cook ran right around the thali and colour everything bright red.
But this looks so very tempting and I think I am going get my folks to eat this too. I fully agree once in a while it has to be the chefs taste too.
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Loved the color of this poriyal
lovely poriyal, one of my fav veg too…looks very colorful n inviting!!
Here to the same story raji….
poriyal looks delicious 🙂
This is exactly how it is done in my house, sambar powder, sugar et al. Onion is an optional though.
Looks really colourful and nice!
I love beets. WE get them frozen here and i make this quite often and it takes just 5 mins!Will add sambar pudi next time! Thanks for the tip! 🙂
my kids favourite curry. i used to temper with green chili, great clicks.
I love beets and this is one of my all time fav with curd rice..drooling…
I would adore this dish with rice..Beets are my fav & your version looks so good, vibrant & fresh..:)
And u can contact me anytime gurl for any doubts 😉
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
love to have this with rice and curd….yummm
remember the brinjal semi dry fry raks? I even make beetroot kari like that now 🙂 I love this with rasam rice!
I have been wanting to make this since a long time..i too love to eat anything and everything 🙂
It is one of my favs…Your curry looks fantastic
that is such a beautiful color and capture! been too long since i made anything with beet! this is a keeper!
Try grating instead of dicing to cubes and stir fry this covered without onions.
hi rak's… first time to your blog.. awesome..
meena
wow, luved this one..
YOU ROCK!
hi raks,
i am always amazed at ur perfectly cut vegetables in all ur receipes, could u also show how to cut beetroot, carrot etc.
We can make this poriyal without coconut also right ??
Yes.
Looks delicious raks..I'm new to cooking (newly married),everyday from breakfast to dinner ,I used to follow your receipes only.. And I'm having a doubt that sambar powder is sakthi sambar powder right or homemade chilli powder?
I have used homemade sambar powder, u can use sakthi too 🙂
when do you add the cut onions. The recipe does not say that.
Updated, thanks for letting know.