Beetroot pulao recipe (Beetroot pulav) | Beetroot recipes

 
This beetroot pulao is suggested by a reader (Aby Senthil) when I posted Channa pulao. She mailed immediately saying we can try beetroot pulao same way as my channa pulao. And sent the recipe too. So one day I tried and turned out great. Aj loved it. Me too loved it. Once when we went to our mama’s house my mami had made biryani with beetroot. Usually we don’t add beets in Biryani, so it was quite different, attractive and tasty too. But never tried on my own. This is the first time I made and will make it often for ourselves. Do try it for a change, your kid would love it for its colour.

Beetroot pulao recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time: 30 mins    |  Cook time: 25 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 cup heaped

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Beetroot, chopped - 1 cup

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Green peas - 1/2 cup

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Onion - 1

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Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

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Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

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Coriander seeds powder - 1 tsp

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Turmeric - 1/8 tsp

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Coconut milk, thin - 1 cup

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Coriander leaves, chopped - 2 tblsp

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Salt - As needed

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To temper

Oil / Ghee - 2 tsp

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Cinnamon - 1 piece

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Cardamom - 1

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Clove - 1

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Saunf (fennel seeds) - 1/2 tsp

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Method

1. Soak basmati rice for atleast 1/2 hour. Heat a small pressure cooker with oil/ ghee, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in order. Add thinly sliced onions and fry till transparent.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute in medium flame. Add beetroot and green peas. Add little salt and continue frying for 2 mins in medium flame.
3. Add turmeric, chilli powder and dhaniya powder and give it a fry. Add thin coconut milk and a cup of water. Bring to boil, add required salt and soaked basmati rice. Mix well. 
4. Cook for 14 minutes in lowest possible flame with lid and pressure valve. Or upto 2 whittles in medium flame. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes

• You can garnish with fried cashews too.
• You can skip green peas.
• I didn’t had ginger garlic paste, so I pressed ginger and garlic in garlic press.

Serve hot with any raita, onion raita best or boondi raita and chips.

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