Ingredients: Beetroot - cut into small dices, cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split), - to taste, cup Fresh coconut - grated, Dry Red Chillies, teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera), sprig Curry leaves, teaspoon Coconut Oil, teaspoon Mustard seeds, teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split), sprig Curry leaves, Vegetarian diet
Instructions: We begin making the Tamil Nadu Style Beetroot kootu Recipe by pressure cooking the beetroot and moong dal in a pressure cooker with water for about 4 whistle. Release the pressure naturally and keep it aside.Using a grinder, grind all the ingredients mentioned in the list to a coarse paste. Add this paste into the cooked mixture and mix it.Then in order to temper, heat a small skillet with oil, crackle mustard seeds and urad dal, then add the hing and curry leaves, take it away from the heat and add it on top of the kootu and serve. Serve the Tamil Nadu Style Beetroot kootu Recipe along with steam rice and Paruppu Rasam Recipe (South Indian Dal Rasam).