Beetroot thoran

My today's recipe is a simple and colorful thoran made with beetroot.Beetroot is also known as table beet,garden beet or red beet. Here comes the recipe..:)

Ingredients 

Beetroot ~ 2 nos ( Medium sized ) / Grated beetroot ~ 2 cups

Grated coconut ~ 3/4 cup

Green chillies ~ 6 nos

Garlic ~ 3-4 cloves

Turmeric powder ~ 1/4 tsp

Red chilly powder ~ 1/8 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam ~ 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds / Kaduku ~ 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves ~ 1 stem
Dry red chillies ~ 2 nos

Oil

Salt to taste

Method

• First wash and cut off the edge of beetroot and then peel its skin using a peeler. Next grate it using a grater / shredder and keep it aside.

• Then grind coarsely grated coconut, green chillies, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, cumin seeds and garlic using a mixer grinder by adding 1-2 tsps of water.

• Next heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, followed by curry leaves and dry red chillies. When the mustard seeds start to crackle, add ground coconut paste and keep on frying it in a low flame for about 1 minute. Then add grated beetroot along with enough salt and let it cook covered in a low flame for about 8-10 minutes and finally cook it uncovered for another 5-6 minutes and then remove from the flame. 

Cheers!!

Jisha