Have you heard of the dish Beetroot kichadi ?This colorful and yummy dish made with beets , and yogurt is yet another  part of the delicious sadya .This dish is also very healthy and a smart way to get picky  kids to eat beets. Beets as you know , is a rich and nutritious vegetable which should be included in our diets. This dish needs very few ingredients and is very easy to make.

The main effort is grating the beets .If you have a food processor , even that can be easily done. Once the grated beets are ready , all you need is yogurt grren chillies and tempering it with oil mustard and curry leaves.

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Beetroot Khichadi

A traditional and delicious dish  made with grated beets and yogurt  usually made on festivals and goes well with rice and traditional sadya

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: beetroot kichadi, beets in yogurt, kichadi, sadya

Ingredients

• 2 beets grated
• 3 green chillies finely cut
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• 5 cups yogurt beaten

Instructions

1. Take a deep bottomed pan and heat about 3-4 tsp oil.

2. Splutter mustard seeds and add the grated beets and green chillies.

3. Sautée for a while.Let it cook for a few minutes in the steam by closing the lid and reducing the flame .

4. When it is half-cooked , add salt and curry leaves.

5. Fry for 2 more minutes and switch off flame and wait for the beets to cool.

6. Meanwhile beat the yogurt to a smooth fluid form.

7. Add a little water to adjust consistency.

8. Add the cooked and cooled beets to the yogurt and mix it well

9. .Enjoy this dish with rice or rotis (wheat bread).