All things Beet
Ingredients
  • 1 xbdcups Beetchopped greens
  • xbdcup Chana Dal
  • xbdcup Moongda
  • cup Toovar Dallxbd
  • 1 onionchopped
  • 4 – 5 green chillieschopped
  • 5 – 6cloves garlicpeeled and finely chopped
  • xbdtsp cumene seedsxbd tsp mustard seeds turmericxbc tsp powder
  • 2tsp oil
Instructions
  1. Wash the dals , add water, a pinch of turmeric powder and few drops of oil. This helps to cook the dals faster. Pressure cook till well done.Boil about 1 cup water in a vessel, add the beet greens and cook on a low flame till the greens are soft and well cooked.Add the cooked dals to these greens. Add salt and mix nicely.Heat oil in another pan. Add the cumene seeds, mustard seeds, garlic and chopped onion and fry nicely till the onion turns golden brown. Add the green chillies.To this add the Beet greens-dal mixture and cook for a few seconds more.
  2. Serve hot with rice.
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  4. Beet stem raita recipe
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  6. Wash the Beet stems thoroughly (I had about7-8 young stems). Peel the thin skin from the stems. Steam the stems. (I put it in the pressure cooker along with the rice and the dals)Cool and chop the stems. Add about xbd cupCurd/yoghurt to this, salt as per taste and about xbc tspsugar and mix nicely.In a small pan heat 2 tsp oil, add xbd tsp cumene seeds, xbd tsp mustard seeds, 2-3 chopped green chillies. Add this tadka to the yoghurt raita. Mix nicely and chill.Serve with roti or dal-rice or have it as it is.
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  8. And thatu2019s my little oneu2019s paratha made with Beet greens!
Recipe Notes