Simple Beetroot Pulav / Beetroot Rice – Lunchbox Ideas

 
Ok another week of BM has arrived and I am into the theme seven days of rice..Cooking with rice is really easy for me because rice is a staple diet of we southindians…Throughout this week I will show you all kids of quick rice dishes and some special rice recipes too..

Beetroots are such a interesting vegetable to be added in rice, because it gives rice its natural colour so you don’t have to worry about adding any colours to it..When beets are combined with rice, they give a natural sweetness to the rice and that what makes this dish a real hit..This is a very simple pulav that can be made in less than 30 mins..A perfect recipe to put in lunch box..

I hope you like it and let me know what you think..I am sending this recipe to BM Day 1 under the theme Seven Days of Rice…

Ingrediants:

Basmati Rice – 250 gms / ¼ kg

Water – 500 ml

Beetroot – 1 large one grated

Onion – 1 medium size sliced

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small piece

Cardamom / Yelakai – 4 pods

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 1 tblspn

Green Chilli – 1

Salt to taste

Oil- 2 tblspn

Method:

Soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cumin seeds and mix well.

Add onions and sauté for 2 mins. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well.

Add in grated beetroot and mix well. Now add in soaked rice and mix well.

Pour in water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 mins untill the rice has absorbed all water and cooked.

Turn off the heat and let it rest for 10 mins covered. Open the pan and fluff it with a fork.

Serve with raita.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Grate your beets and slice your onions

heat oil

add cinnamon, cumin and cardamom

add onions and chilli

salt

chilli & coriander powder

saute well

add beets

and mix well

add rice

and mix well

add water

bring it to boil

cover and simmer

till done

Serve

I served it with beetroot raita