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    Home » Recipes » Entrees and Curries

    Beetroot Pachadi Recipe

    Published: May 15, 2017 · Modified: May 12, 2025 by Nisha · 20 Comments

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    Looking for a colorful, nutritious, and kid-friendly addition to your sadya? The Beetroot Pachadi recipe is a must-try and just what you need; it lends a gorgeous pinkish color that blends the earthy sweetness of beets with the cool creaminess of yogurt. Not only is it eye-catching, it’s a clever way to get even the pickiest eaters to enjoy this powerhouse vegetable. What's more, you only need a handful of ingredients, and it comes together in no time.

    Beetroot pachadi in a white bowl.
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    • Why will you love this dish?
    • Ingredients needed
    • Beetroot Pachadi Recipe - How to make?
    • Recipe FAQs
    • Useful Tips
    • Related Recipes
    • Beetroot Pachadi recipe

    Why will you love this dish?

    • A great tasting dish and a good way to get beets into your diet.
    • It looks tempting with its beautiful pink or maroonish color and looks great on a banana leaf when serving sadya.
    • Very simple to make if you have grated beets, and can be made in no time
    • Needs a very few handful of ingredients, usually always found in your home.
    • This is a colorful addition to the sadya along with avial kerala style, pulinjhi, Kerala Olan, and Cherupayar Payasam.

    Ingredients needed

    • Beets grated
    • Green chillies finely cut
    • Sprig curry leaves
    • Beaten Yogurt
    • mustard and green or red chillies

    Beetroot Pachadi Recipe - How to make?

    Once the grated beets are ready, all you need is yogurt and green chilies, and temper it with oil, mustard, and curry leaves. Heat about 3-4 tsp oil and splutter mustard seeds, optionally add some red chilies if you like. To this add the grated beets and green chillies. Sautée for a while. Let it cook for a few minutes in the steam by closing the lid and reducing the flame.

    When it is half-cooked, add salt and curry leaves. Cook on high flame, switch off the flame, and wait for the beets to cool. Meanwhile, beat the yogurt to a smooth fluid form. Add a little water to adjust consistency, and add the cooked and cooled beets to the yogurt and mix it well.

    Grated beets in a white bowl
    1. Step 1: Grate the beets finely and keep aside.
    Splutter mustard seeds in a black pan.
    1. Step 2: Add a little coconut oil and splutter mustard seeds.
    Sautee onions and green chilies.
    1. Step 3: Add chopped onions and green chilies or dry red chilies and sauté well.
    Greated beets cooking in a black pan.
    1. Step 4: Add grated beets, salt, and curry leaves and sauté well. Cover and cook on a low flame until it is about half-cooked.
    Mixing grated beets and yogurt in a white bowl.
    1. Step 5: To the cooled beets, add yogurt and mix well. You can also add beaten yogurt so you can mix easily. Adjust consistency by adding water.
    Beetroot pachadi in a white bowl.
    1. Step 6: Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with curry leaves, and enjoy.

    Recipe FAQs

    How long can the beetroot pachadi stay fresh?

    When refrigerated, the beetroot pachadi can stay fresh for five to six days.

    Why did my beetroot pachadi curdle on adding yogurt?

    Always add beaten yogurt to the cooked and grated beets after it is cooled down completely to avoid curdling.

    What is the difference between pachadi and raita?

    Raita is usually a yogurt salad with most of the ingredients being uncooked, and pachadi may have cooked ingredients along with yogurt and sometimes ground coconut in it.

    Useful Tips

    • The main effort is grating the beets. If you have a food processor, grating can be easily done using that.
    • Ensure the cooked, grated beets are completely cooled before adding the beaten yogurt to avoid curdling.
    • The beets need not be fully cooked, and they also cook quickly if shredded finely.
    • Increase or decrease the yogurt to get the pink color of your choice.

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    If you tried this Beetroot Pachadi Recipe or any other recipe on my blog, please leave a 🌟 star rating and a 📝 comment below. I love hearing from you!

    Beetroot pachadi in a white bowl.

    Beetroot Pachadi recipe

    A traditional and delicious dish  made with grated beets and yogurt  usually made on festivals and goes well with rice and traditional sadya
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Indian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 78kcal
    Author: Nisha

    Ingredients

    • 2 beets grated
    • 3 green chillies finely cut
    • 1 sprig curry leaves
    • 5 cups yogurt beaten
    • 1 tbsp mustard
    • 3 red chilies dry

    Instructions

    • Take a deep bottomed pan and heat about 3-4 tsp oil.
    • Splutter mustard seeds and add the grated beets and green chillies.
    • Sautée for a while.Let it cook for a few minutes in the steam by closing the lid and reducing the flame .
    • When it is half-cooked , add salt and curry leaves.
    • Fry for 2 more minutes and switch off flame and wait for the beets to cool.
    • Meanwhile beat the yogurt to a smooth fluid form.
    • Add a little water to adjust consistency.
    • Add the cooked and cooled beets to the yogurt and mix it well
    • .Enjoy this dish with rice or rotis (wheat bread).

    Notes

    • The main effort is grating the beets. So, if you have a food processor, grating can be easily done using that.
    • Make sure that the cooked, grated beets are completely cooled before adding the beaten yogurt to avoid curdling.
    • The beets need not be fully cooked, and they also cook quickly if shredded finely.
    • Increase or decrease the yogurt to get the pink color of your choice.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 25g | Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 111mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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    Comments

    1. Claudia

      April 28, 2025 at 10:37 am

      5 stars
      Made this beetroot pachadi and it came out so good, loved the mix of creamy and tangy flavors

      Reply
    2. Matt

      April 21, 2025 at 3:06 am

      5 stars
      Loved the balance of flavors in this one. It had just enough heat without overpowering the rest. Definitely something I’ll be making again.

      Reply
      • Nisha

        April 22, 2025 at 12:55 pm

        That's right the flavors of sweet, spice and cooling effect of the yogurt makes this interesting and tasty. Thanks a lot for the wonderful comment!

        Reply
    3. Andrea

      April 18, 2025 at 3:11 am

      5 stars
      This beetroot pachadi was light, tangy, and so easy to make—the perfect pop of color and flavor for our meal.

      Reply
    4. Nicole Kendrick

      April 17, 2025 at 5:40 pm

      5 stars
      This worked exactly as written, thanks!

      Reply
    5. Liz

      April 17, 2025 at 4:16 pm

      5 stars
      Creamy, delicious and full of flavor! This Beet Pachadi was terrific!

      Reply
    6. Sumith

      May 26, 2017 at 12:03 am

      Loves it's colour. Very vibrant and sounds delicious!

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 26, 2017 at 12:08 pm

        Yes that's right the color is quite vibrant.It also tastes yum! Thank you!

        Reply
    7. chukkiskitchen

      May 17, 2017 at 10:44 am

      Beetroot is amazing for health. i am gonna make this some day 🙂

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 17, 2017 at 11:08 am

        Yes it is very healthy and sure do give it a try and see how you like it !

        Reply
        • chukkiskitchen

          May 18, 2017 at 1:33 am

          Yes. Will have to get beetroot in the weekly grocery

          Reply
          • InspiresN

            May 18, 2017 at 8:45 am

            🙂

            Reply
    8. Lavs Raj

      May 16, 2017 at 2:31 am

      My kids don't like beetroot though I'm a big fan.. i will give this a try... may be they'll like this.. thanks for sharing!! 😀

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 16, 2017 at 11:12 am

        Hope they'll like it 🙂 Thank you !

        Reply
    9. Liz | Bubble Tea For Dinner

      May 15, 2017 at 10:57 pm

      Such a beautiful colour! You're sure kids will like it? OK I will totally try this on mine, mwahaha (and if they don't like it, I'll eat it all, it looks like it would make very good sandwiches)

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 16, 2017 at 11:11 am

        My kids love it but they are not little any more 🙂 and they like beets anyway so maybe I assumed all kids will like ..yes it would go well with a sandwich !Thank you Liz!

        Reply
    10. savvysouthindian

      May 15, 2017 at 5:35 pm

      Looks delicious! Beautiful color!

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 15, 2017 at 7:05 pm

        Thank you so much Latha!

        Reply
    11. Megala

      May 15, 2017 at 12:01 pm

      Interesting recipe! Looks beautiful !!

      Reply
      • InspiresN

        May 15, 2017 at 12:24 pm

        Thank you Megala, the color makes it look pretty:)

        Reply
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