8 July, 2024
Beetroot Pulao | Beetroot cowpeas Pulao |
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One of healthy choice to make for one pot meal any day. Make this beetroot pulao and I’m sure you’ll have that satisfaction of serving your family one of the healthy, yummy , filling dish.
Beetroot is one of those vegetables which we often like to consume though not so willingly but considering its innumerable health benefits on our body.
You can have a look at some more recipes here on my blog, which uses beetroot – broccoli corn beetroot masala , beetroot stir fry , red carrot beetroot paratha , beetroot pomegranate raita , beetroot buttermilk , beetroot chana palya , beetroot ragi rotti , beetroot masale dosay , beetroot ragi mudde , beetroot halwa with jaggery , beetroot carrot soup , beetroot poori , beetroot Puran Poli
Here you can check a unique recipe discovered by myself which very useful in our daily life in many ways – How to use beetroot in many ways
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml
- Basmati rice/Sona masuri rice -1 cup
- Boiled water – 1&1/2 cup
- Oil – 1&1/2 tbsp + 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Ginger – 1tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
- Coriander leaves – a fist full
- Bay leaf – 2 small or 1 big
- Onion – 3/4 cup
- Fresh peas – 3/4 cup
- Potato – 3/4 cup
- Beetroot – 1 cup
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
- Coriander seeds powder – 1 tsp
- Palyada pudi – 1 tbsp or (1/2 tsp of garam masala powder)
- Salt – 1&3/4 tsp
- Cashew nuts – 1 fistful
- Lemon juice – 1 to 2 tbsp
PROCEDURE :
- To begin with, heat 1 tsp of oil and roast the beetroot (if cut into small cubes or length wise, tastes better than bigger cubes) until half cooked on low heat
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- Wash and rinse well the rice, drain all the water and set aside
- Now heat remaining oil in a pressure cooker, put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, cashew nuts and bay leaf, stir everything once
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- Now put onion, potato and peas, sauté everything well for couple of minutes
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- Now add roasted beetroot, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander seeds powder, Palyada pudi and salt, stir and mix everything well
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- Now add rinsed rice and boiled water, once you see the water bubbling again, close the lid and pressure cook until one whistle
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- Once cooled down completely, add lemon juice, mix well and enjoy yummy beetroot pulao
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Below you can check the pics of beetroot Pulao made by adding 1/4 cup (before soaking) of overnight soaked black eyed beans or cowpeas along with all the other ingredients listed in the above recipe and rest followed the same recipe
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