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Hello readers🙏🏻 Long time!How have you all being doing? I am good but was little busy.. So lets get away to the recipe.. Today's recipe is one of the easiest yet healthiest recipe. Well beetroot is a power packed vegetable. It has good source of nitrates and hence used in making sabzi( poriyal), Add ons, soups and mainly for adding its beautiful ocean pink color to any food. The Poriyal ( in Tamil ) can we eaten as a side dish with rice, rasam and sambar.

Ingredients needed:

1.Beetroot -1( big size)( chopped in squares)

2.Onion-1( big size)( chopped finely)

3.Green chilli-2( chopped finely)

4.For tempering: cumin seeds(jeera)-1 tsp, mustard seeds( rai)-1/2 tsp, urad dal-1/2 tsp, chana dal-1/2 tsp, curry leaves-7-8,Heeng-a pinch, coriander powder -1 tsp, red chilli powder( deggi mirch)-1/2 tsp, garam masala-1/2 tsp, salt( as needed), oil

5.For garnishing: shredded coconut and coriander leaves.

How to make:

1.Take a beet and wash it thoroughly. Peel it and cut it in small square pieces( be ready to paint your hands in pink😜)

2.Similarly cut the onions finely and green chilli too.

3.Take a pan, add oil, when heated add the masalas like jeera, rai, heeng, dals and roast it till golden brown.

4.Now add green chilli and onion and roast it well and then add the chopped beets.

5.The beets take time to cook. Just cover it and cook for 15-20 mins.

6.Sprinkle some water from top. Add the masalas like salt, coriander powder, red chilli powder and garam masala and mix it well.

7.Finally add dessicated coconut and coriander leaves from top. Our poriyal is done.

8.Enjoy it with rasam and sambar. It goes well with curd rice also.

Benefits:

1.As it is good source of nitrates, it controls blood pressure.

2.Even it helps in increasing blood in anemic patients.

3.You can cut and apply beetroot on face and your face will become soft and it helps in dry skin.

4.Add beets in sandwiches, fried rice and increase the quality of your food.

5.You can make beet halwa and even raita.

Share more recipes with beetroot if you know in comment section. Try this recipe.. Meet you again.. Take care

Youtube link:

Beetroot poriyal

Hello friends 🙏🏻Welcome to the blog.. Today I am sharing an easy recipe of curd rice. Curd rice doesn't means simply mixing leftover rice and curd and making a tempering and adding to it. It involves a step by step process.

Curd rice is a popular recipe of south india and is mostly prepared as prasadam in temples.Today I will share the exact recipe of curd rice with same taste. In tamilnadu it is called: Thayir sadam, in telugu:Daddojanam, In malyalam : thaiyir chore ( choor),and in Marathi : Dahi bhaat. In south indian households, it is commonly eaten a s curd mixed with rice and pickle on daily basis.

Lets begin the recipe.. Lets get started.

Preparation:( Time taken: 25 -30 mins)-Serves 3-4 people

Ingredients reqd:

1.Rice( your choice)-1 cup

2.Water-2.5 cup,Curd-2 cups

3.Salt- as per taste.

4.Veggies: carrot-1( chopped finely), Beans-1( chopped finely),Green chili-2(finely chopped ), ginger-1 inch( finely chopped),curry leaves-10-12

5.For tempering : oil, chana dal-1 tsp, urad dal-1 tsp, mustard seeds-1 tsp, jeera seeds-1 tsp, dried red chilli-2,cashew nuts-3-4

5.coriander and mint leaves for garnishing.

Steps :

1.Soak the rice for 20 mins and then pressure cook it. Add 2.5 cup water and just make it like khichdi.

2.Let it cool down completely. Now add curd to the boiled rice and mix it well till creamy texture.Add salt.

3.For tempering : Add oil in a pan, add, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, cashew nuts, dried red chilli. Fry it till golden brown. Add chopped ginger and green chilli and saute it well. Now add chopped onion, carrot and beans. Fry it till golden brown and our mixture is ready.

4.Now add the fried mixture to to the curd rice mixture.

5.Our curd rice is ready to eat. Top it with some pomogranate seeds/ grapes.Garnish it with coriander and mint leaves.

6.You can even make basic version of curd rice by simple tempering.

7.Enjoy curd rice on a summery afternoon.

Note :

1.For 1 cup rice, the curd should be 2 cups otherwise it won't taste good.

2.You can add boiled milk also but I don't like, so didn't add.

3.Enjoy it with pickle.

Youtube( curd rice recipe)

Hello readers🙏🏻Welcome to Plates of flavours. I am sharing an easy snacks recipe which you can make in evening or when hungry. If your kid doesn't like veggies, this recipe is for her/ him. Ok lets begin the recipe without much talking😜.

Ingredients we need:

1.Wheat flour:1 cup

2.Oil -2 tsp and oil for shallow frying

3.Veggies: potato-1 ( medium size and boiled) just for binding, Carrot, Radish, onion,cauliflower -1/2( all finely chopped), green chilli-2( finely chopped), ginger( finely chopped)-1/2 inch, lemon juice -2 tsp for taste, coriander leaves- for garnishing

4.Masalas: salt( as per taste), Chilli flakes, garam masala and the masalas which you like red chilli powder, chat masala.

5.Baking soda -2 pinch

Preparation :( Time taken: 20-25 mins) ( Serves 2-3 people)

1.Take a bowl, add wheat flour, salt and baking soda. Add 2 tsp oil and mix well. Now take boiled potato and mash it completely (pieces should not be seen). Add the potato in flour mixture. Now knead the dough softly.

2.Keep the dough aside for 10 mins. Now take another bowl, add veggies( cauliflower, onion, carrot, radish, green chilli, ginger and coriander leaves). Add salt. Add masalas of your choice like chilli flakes, oregano, chat masala and garam masala.

3. Mix the veggies well. Now check on the dough and smoothen it by kneading it again.

4.Take the dough and separate it into 2 parts and make 2 big dough balls.

5.Now spread the dough ball into a rectangular sheet. Add lemon juice to the veggies mix.

6.Take the veggies and place and spread on the rectangular sheet of dough. It should be spread evenly.

7.Now roll the dough into a log shape.

8.And cut the pieces. Now take one piece and press it in between and make it flat.

9.Do it with other pieces too.

10.Take a non- stick pan, add oil and fry the pieces from both sides well till golden brown.

11.Our veggie wheels are ready. Serve ot with green chutney/ ketchup.

12.Its healthy as its shallow fried and made with wheat flour and lots of veggies.

Note:

1.You can make it with refined wheat flour ( maida).