Beetroot Saasme | Beetroot Raitha | Raitha Recipes
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 1 bowl
 
Bright, colourful and cool, beetroot saasme or beetroot raitha
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup grated beetroot
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ Tsp sugar
  • 1 Cup smooth whisked yogurt/curd
  • 1 Tsp oil
  • ½ Tsp mustard
  • 4-5 curry leaves
  • 1 broken red chilli
  • 1-2 Tbsp freshly grated coconut
Method
  1. Boil about half a cup of water, add grated beetroot to this and let it cook on low flame
  2. Add salt and sugar
  3. Check if beetroot is cooked, it changes colour. Allow it to cool
  4. Meanwhile, prepare simple tadka with oil, mustard, red chilli and curry leaves
  5. Once cooked beetroot has cooled, add it into a bowl
  6. Pour smooth whisked yogurt/curd
  7. Top it with tadka and grated coconut
  8. Mix and serve with rice
Notes
Use sweet/fresh yogurt and not sour yogurt

Little sugar rounds up the sweetness of beetroot

Throw in a slit green chilli if you like

Add chopped coriander also if you want to
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/beetroot-raitha/