Simple Everyday South Indian Thali

After,couple of weeks break,I am starting the blogging with Blogging Marathon 70th edition.For this week I choose the Thali as theme and sharing a simple everyday Tamilnadu style Thali.For this theme I wanted to share some other state Thali.But due to lot of personal work and my laptop issues,finally ended up in making a typical home style food.
Most of the recipes made for this thali were shared already but the beetroot poriyal is a pending post.So sharing the recipe and also used the beet greens and made kootu out of it.Will share the kootu recipe later.
The Thali consists of

White rice
Ennai Kathirikkai Kulambhu
Rasam
Vellarikkai(cucumber) Thayir pachadi/raita
Beet leaves Kootu
Beetroot Poriyal
Paruppu Thogayal
Curd
Arisi Vathal/Vadam aka Ilai Vadam

Coming to the recipe,here I used roasted peanuts in the poriyal to give extra crunch.Instead of peanuts,boiled peas or channa dhal can be used.

                                                                      

                                                            

                                                                                              Beetroot Poriyal 

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 20 minutes
   Cooking time ~ 12-15 minutes

   Serves ~ 3(generously)

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Beetroot(finely chopped)	1.5 cups
Onion(finely chopped)	1 (small size)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2(slit lengthy)
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	1/8 tsp
Coconut(grated)	2-3 tbs
Peanuts(roasted)	2-3 tbs
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	2 tsp

 For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1 tsp
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu	1.5 tsp
Red chilly/varamilagai	1 (broken)
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch

  

   Method 

• Wash the beetroot in the water for 3-4 times in cold water to remove the soil particles.Peel the skin and chop it finely.

• Take the chopped beetroot in a pressure pan and add a pinch of salt and 2 tbs of water.Pressure cook it for a whistle.

• Meanwhile heat the oil in a pan,once it becomes hot do the tempering with the ingredients.Add the peanuts and roast it for a minute.Add in the chopped onion,green chilly and curry leaves.Saute the onion for couple of minutes,then add the cooked beetroot,red chilly powder and salt.

• Give it a mix and keep it a low flame for 2 minutes to become dry.Add the grated coconut and mix it well.Put off the flame.

• Serve it along with rice and kulambhu.

Enjoy...............................