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Beetroot Poriyal-Beetroot Stir Fry Recipe

March 14, 2012 by PadhuSankar 22 Comments

Beetroots are packed with many nutrients and is a natural blood purifier. It is good to include it in our diet once in a week. I prepare this poriyal often in my house. It is a very simple stir fry which goes well with rice. Today we will learn how to make beetroot stir fry/poriyal following this easy recipe.

Beetroot Poriyal-Beetroot stir fry

Beetroot Poriyal-Beetroot Stir Fry


Beetroot Poriyal-Beetroot Stir Fry

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 3-4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Beetroot – 2 cups heaped (chopped or grated)
   Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
   Salt needed

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 tsp
   Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
   Urad dal (split) -3/4 tsp
   Green chillies – 2 slit
   Hing/Asafoetida – a pinch
   Curry leaves – few

Preparation


Wash, peel the skin and chop beetroot. You can also grate beetroot if preferable.

Slit green chilli and keep it aside.

Method


Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan or kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal and hing.

When urad dal turns golden brown, add green chillies and curry leaves.

Then add the chopped or grated beetroot and salt needed. Cook covered on low heat, stirring from time to time until beetroots become tender. You can sprinkle water in between to prevent it for getting burnt.

Once it is cooked, add grated coconut, mix it well and switch off the heat.

Serve as an accompaniment with rice.

More Beetroot Recipes

Beetroot Channa Curry 

Beetroot Potato Soup

Beetroot Pachadi 

Beetroot Halwa

Beetroot Pomegranate Juice

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Comments

  1. Spice up the Curry

    March 14, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Nice recipe. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  2. jeyashrisuresh

    March 14, 2012 at 8:59 am

    simple and yummy stir fry

    Reply
  3. faseela

    March 14, 2012 at 10:17 am

    yummy n healthy poriyal….

    Reply
  4. Kalyani

    March 14, 2012 at 11:30 am

    looks yum and Delicious ……

    Reply
  5. Hema

    March 14, 2012 at 11:44 am

    I love this simple poriyal with beetroot..

    Reply
  6. Sriya

    March 14, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    very healthy and yummy beetroot poriyal
    http://www.sriyafood.blogspot.com

    Reply
  7. maha

    March 14, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    very healthy n awesoem colour….
    Maha

    Reply
  8. Prabhamani

    March 15, 2012 at 2:36 am

    Our family like this poriyal a lot!!Weekly i use to make this recipe..Personally loved this with rasam satham 🙂 Nice picture 🙂

    Reply
  9. Hemavathi Murari

    March 15, 2012 at 4:41 am

    Great poriyal but i don't like beetroot.

    Congratulations you have been given 2 awards. Please collect them here.
    Awards for you

    Reply
  10. Valarmathi Sanjeev

    March 15, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Yummy stir fry…looks delish.

    Reply
  11. Maayeka

    March 15, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    healthy and colourful poriyal..bright and beautiful colour..

    Reply
  12. Vijiskitchencreations

    March 16, 2012 at 2:11 am

    I like very much.

    Reply
  13. Zareena

    March 16, 2012 at 7:57 am

    My favorite..

    Reply
  14. Akila

    March 16, 2012 at 10:57 am

    Simple n delicious….

    Reply
  15. Gayathri Anand

    March 16, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    love this curry…as always lovely presentation…loved that cute flower and leaves

    Reply
  16. mahima prasad

    August 14, 2013 at 2:52 am

    i tried this today for lunch along with dal , and it turned out really yummy 🙂

    Reply
  17. mohanapriya thiru

    December 31, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Thanks for sharing, that was really delicious!!

    Reply
  18. Giri Singaravelu

    February 6, 2015 at 7:08 am

    Hi Padhu Ji,

    I tried this recipe and its awesome.
    Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  19. chithra pradeep

    March 3, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    I will also try

    Reply
  20. sarayu m

    August 6, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    I prepared this today & tasted so good. It is different from my usual beetroot recipe(using sambar powder).
    I added your recipe to my cookbook. Thanks Padhu!

    Reply
  21. Unknown

    May 25, 2017 at 10:36 am

    Looks healthy thank you
    Can we add red chillies instead of green chilli?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 26, 2017 at 8:02 am

      Yes, you can add.

      Reply

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