Beetroot Chutney for Rice | Beetroot Chutney recipe

Beetroot Chutney for Rice | Beetroot Chutney recipe | Healthy Vegetable chutney

Try making this beetroot chutney and having it with rice.

Beetroot is sweet but since we are adding more dry chillies and tamarind, the chutney will have sweet, spicy, tangy flavours which will make it perfect to have with rice.

Now let us look into the recipe!!

Ingredients:( serves 4)

• Beetroot - 2 medium 
• Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp
• Channa Dhal - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Urad Dhal - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 4 to 5
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic - 2 to 3 cloves
• Turmeric powder- 1/8 tsp
• Tamarind - 1 medium piece

Tempering:

• Oil - 2 tsp 
  
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp 
• Urad Dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin/ jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Asafoetida
• Curry leaves- few

Directions:

1. Remove beet root skin and chop it into small pieces.
2. Heat pan, add oil , add channa Dhal, urad Dhal and sauté in low flame.
3. Add dry red chilli, cumin, garlic and sauté.
4. Add the chopped beetroots and sauté for ~4 to 6 minutes.
5. Add a piece of tamarind and switch off the flame.
6. Cool the mix completely.
7. Grind it with salt. Don't add water while grinding.
8. Do tempering with ingredients given under to temper and pour the tempering over the chutney.
9. Delicious beetroot chutney is ready to be served with hot rice and ghee(optional).