Beetroot Pachadi | A Kerala Sadya Recipe | Kerala Onam Special Recipe

Name: Beetroot Pachadi | A Kerala Sadya Recipe | Kerala Onam Special Recipe
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 5-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup beetroot Finely chopped or grated -; 1 cup Water -; 3/4 cup coconut Grated (grind to smooth paste) -; 2 Chilly Green -; 1/4 Tsp Chopped ginger -; 1/4 Tsp Mustard Seeds -; 1/2 cup Yogurt -; Salt - as needed; To Temper; 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil / Oil -; 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds -; 2 Red Chilli Dry -; 1 Sprig Curry Leaves -

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

India

Pachadi is one of the special traditional side dishes that is served during festivals , especially )Onam ,Vishu and also during Hindu marriages.The use of vegetables and even fruits vary so much and also in their taste. The main ingredient being freshly grated coconut ground to smooth paste along with ginger, green chillies, and mustard seeds and yogurt and is mixed with variety of raw or cooked vegetables.

Preetha Soumyan @cook_7800219

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Ingredients

30 mins

5-serving

1 cupbeetroot Finely chopped or grated -
1 cupWater -
3/4 cupcoconut Grated (grind to smooth paste) -
2Chilly Green -
1/4 TspChopped ginger -
1/4 TspMustard Seeds -
1/2 cupYogurt -
Salt - as needed
To Temper
1 TbspCoconut Oil / Oil -
1/2 TspMustard Seeds -
2Red Chilli Dry -
1 SprigCurry Leaves -

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Steps

30 mins

1

Cook grated beetroots in 1 cup of water till it turns soft. It takes just around 4-5 minutes to cook the beetroot. Cook until all the water get absorbed. Cook on medium flame. (Be careful not to get burnt beetroot.)
2

Meanwhile grind the grated coconut, green chilli, mustard seeds and ginger to a smooth paste.
3

Add in yogurt and grind just once.
4

Add this grind paste to the cooked beetroot, also add salt and cook for a couple of minutes.(i cooked for 1 minute on sim flame).Remove from flame.
5

Heat oil for tempering, add curry leaves and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds starts to sizzle and pop add the dry red chilli halves into it.
6

Pour this on to the pachadi and mix well.