Sunday, November 7, 2010

Beetroot Pulao

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Its universally known fact that Girls love Pink and Boys love blue. :)

Of course it goes more for kids. As kids most of the girls love pink and in due course the favorite color changes. Mine was initially pink too and later it kept changing that by now I have named almost all the colors as my favorite sometime of my life :P

What so ever! Pink was my first favorite color and I still love it :) Anything in pink makes me feel girly girly and soft.

So a freaking pink rice can never be denied by me or any kids ;) isn't it?

The subtle taste of saunf and the light sweetness of beets makes this rice so yummy :)

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Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Beetroot - 2
Onion - 1 large
Green chillies - 2
Saunf/fennel/sombu - 1 tsp
Salt - for taste
Curry leaves

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Method:

Wash, peel and cook the beets in microwave or pressure pan. Once cooked, grate and keep it aside.

Chop onion finely.

Wash and soak rice for half an hour. Pressure cook with two cups of water. Once done allow it to cool on a plate. Add a tsp of ghee to the rice and separate the grains.

Take a pan and add a tsp of oil, drop in the curry leaves and saunf followed by chopped onions and split chillies. Fry till the onion turns golden brown. Now add the grated beets along with some salt and fry just for few mins.

Now mix in the rice along with the vegetables thoroughly.

Yummy, simple and pinky betts pulao is ready to eat :)

Enjoy making :) Freak your kids with pinky pink rice :)

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Note:

You can add gharam masala powder or the spices(bay leaf,cloves and cinnamon) directly as well to give it additional flavoring.

You can powder the saunf and add it to avoid kids removing it from the rice.

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Written by: Nithya
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34 comments:

Raks said...

I love anything with saunf, this is awesome recipe gal!

Sowmya said...

pretty in pink :)

Anuradha said...

Amazing carving... Lovely idea of decorating it like a vase! Hats off nithi!!

Priya dharshini said...

Awsome work ,nithya..hope u had a great time..Dhamakas are really a blast

Smita Srivastava said...

I love this version .. beet pulao is my lil ones all time fav but have nvr tried adding saunf to it .. Great clicks n presentation !!!!

Anonymous said...

subtle flavor and awesome decoration !!

Priya Suresh said...

Yummmyyyyyyy, wat a beautiful looking pulao, lovely presentation Nithya..

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Fabulous picture

Padmajha said...

Awesome dish Nithya!!I am sure kids will be bowled over :)

Unknown said...

Nice presentation n colorful looking rice

Lakshmi said...

the beetroot carving and the pics are very beautiful. The colored rice looks very yummy, easy preparation too...no hot spices..i will give a definite try :)

Nithu Bala said...

Wow! lovely presentation..I love anything with beetroot..rice is so delicious and tempting..

Rachana said...

Beetroot pulao looks lovely. Love the beautiful red colour. Great clicks.

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Beautiful rice and carving nithi. Yummy rice and anyone can get attracted to this color !!! Lovely.

Vidhya said...

love it and love the presentation..

Swathi said...

Beautiful color, i love Beet. Pulao looks delicious.

Suji said...

Looks beautiful, both the rice and pictures...

Unknown said...

Love the pinkness :)

Suja Manoj said...

Awesome recipe and pretty color..loving the color and the garnish.

swapna said...

love beet...lots of flavor!!Yummy!!Nice Presentation!!

sathya said...

Looks delicious, love the vase !

Mangala Bhat said...

awesome recipe ! Lovely pics and carving!

Seema said...

You are a very talented girl. The presentation is simply extraordinary. Hats off to your creativity!

Abhilash Pillai said...

I stopped rice two months ago, however I assume this will end when I visit my parents next month.

I like red and blue colours. Most of my shirts are either blue or light red. My mother always selects pink for me, so I have 5-6 pink shirts. :)

Pulao was once my favorite dish and is now my most favorite dish as I do not have it often.

Beetroot pachadi is a dish my mother prepared for lunch and it tastes awsome. The entire rice turns red.

I do not have any comments on the pictures as no one would now comment that " AR rehman again did a good music in this album or Amitabh bacchan is again a good actor"... they are and so you are... ;)

radha said...

I love beetroot and like to mix it with rice and eat. But have never tried beetroot rice as such.

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Torviewtoronto said...

beautiful presentation delicious rice

San said...

Colorful pulao nits ,loved the carving too .

http://sanscurryhouse.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Hi Nithya How are you.. beautifulu color and interesting recipe hummm pulao with only saunf flavour..love those biwali dhamakas
Belated Diwali wishes to you and your family.

Sarah Naveen said...

Oh Gal...what a lovely color...love your pictures ...

indianspicemagic said...

Very simple to prepare....... Thanks for sharing the recipe.Tried this today and it came out well......

Hima Raj said...

Wow, this luks simple and delicious....of the presentation is really great. Great work.

TestingSalesforce said...

Hi
I just tried this recipe with a little bit of twist. Check out my blog.
http://dhomefood.blogspot.com/2010/11/beetroot-rice-with-mint-raita.html

Nisha said...

What is your inspiration behind such creativity, Nithya? I'm your fan!

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