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Beetroot Kurma Recipe

This recipe is for beetroot kurma, a South Indian vegetable gravy. It contains beetroot, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, coconut, poppy seeds, spices and seasoning. To make it, the beetroot and potatoes are pressure cooked while the onions and tomatoes are sautéed with spices to make the gravy base. Then the cooked beetroot is added along with a ground paste of coconut, poppy seeds and spices. The kurma is cooked for 5 more minutes before garnishing with coriander leaves.

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Beetroot Kurma Recipe

This recipe is for beetroot kurma, a South Indian vegetable gravy. It contains beetroot, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, coconut, poppy seeds, spices and seasoning. To make it, the beetroot and potatoes are pressure cooked while the onions and tomatoes are sautéed with spices to make the gravy base. Then the cooked beetroot is added along with a ground paste of coconut, poppy seeds and spices. The kurma is cooked for 5 more minutes before garnishing with coriander leaves.

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Beetroot Kurma Recipe

Finely Chopped Beetroot 2 Cups*


Cubed Potatoes 1 Cup
Finely Chopped Onions 1 Cup
Finely Chopped Tomatoes 1 Cup
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tablespoon
Turmeric Powder 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander Powder 1 teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala Powder 1/2 teaspoon
Salt To Taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves 1 tablespoon
* 1 Cup = 250ml
For Grinding:
Grated Coconut 1/4 Cup
Poppy Seeds 2 tablespoon
Roasted Garam Dal 2 tablespoon
Cinnamon Stick 1 inch piece
Cardamom 2-3
Cloves 3-4
Fennel Seeds 1/2 tablespoon

Preparation time 15 mins


Cooking Time 40 mins
Servings 4
Recipe Category Veg Gravy
Recipe Cuisine South Indian

For Seasoning:
Oil 2 tablespoon
Bay Leaf 1
Cumin Seeds 1 teaspoon
Method:
1. In a vessel, add finely chopped beetroot and cubed potatoes in a vessel and add a
pinch of turmeric and salt. Keep the vessel inside the cooker, close the lid and pressure
cook them allowing for 3-4 whistles.
2. Meanwhile, lets start with grinding ingredients. Take all the grinding ingredients to
the mixer and grind them all to a nice and smooth paste by adding water as needed
3. Heat oil in a pan. add a bay leaf amd saute it for few seconds. Then add cumin seeds.
The cumin seeds starts to sputter. Now add finely chopped onions and saute them.
4. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute them with onions
5. Add a pinch of salt and saute the onions. The salt brings out the moisture from the
onions and make the onions to cook nicely and evenly
6. When the onions are transparent and becomes nicely brown, add the chopped
tomatoes and give a good mix. Add a teaspoon of coriander powder, red chilli powder,
garam masala and give a good mix.
7. Add turmeric powder and add the necesary salt needed for this dish at this point
itself. as i mentioned earlier, adding salt would quicker the process of cooking the gravy
8. Cover the pan with a lid and allow the onion-tomato gravy to cook nicely in low flame
9. While the gravy is getting cooked, I have taken out the cooked beetroot from the
cooker. Check the gravy. The gravy would have been nciely cooked and you can see the
oil oozes out of the gravy
10. Its time now to add the cooked beetroot. Give a good mix
11. Then add the ground masala and mix everything well. If you feel the gravy is very
thick, you can add 1/4 cup of water at this stage
12. Cover the pan and cook everything for 5 minutes in medium flame
13. Open the lid and garnish with finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
14. Appetizing and appealing beetroot kurma is now ready. Serve with any Indian bread
of your choice and you will surely enjoy the taste!

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