Beetroot Pulao / Red Velvette Pulao is a healthy meal made in pulao style. One pot meal very well suited to be packed for a busy week day lunch or dinner. Its mildly flavoured with spices apt to feed kids too. Can be served with any raitha and potato chips. I served this with Onion Raitha. Beetroot has a beautiful purple color and has many health benefits too. It gives an awesome color to the Pulao and hence it becomes "Red Velvette Pulao".
Beetroot Pulao / Red Velvette Pulao
Beetroot Pulao / Red Velvette Pulao is a colorfula and healthy pulao.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Basmati Rice
- ¾ Cup Beetroot Grated
- 1 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 and ¼ Cup Water
- Salt To Taste
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 1 Green Chillis
- 2 Tablespoon Thick Curd
- 2 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
- fistful Coriander Leaves Chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Ghee
- 2 Cloves
- 1 Inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1 Bay Leaves
For Roasting Cashews
- 10 Cashews
- 1 Teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- Soak Basmati rice in water for 20 minutes. Grate Beetroot, Chop onion and Coriander Leaves.
- Heat Ghee in a Pressure pan. Add in the Cashews and roast them until golden brown. Remove the Cashews and place them aside.
- Add in the remaining Ghee. Add in Bay Leaves, Cinnamon and cloves and keep sauting. Once nice aroma comes out add in onion and start sauting. Add in green chillis.
- Saute until the onion is glossy.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute until nice aroma of ginger garlic comes out.
- Add in coriander leaves and saute them.
- Add in the beetroot and saute them for few minutes.
- Add in garam masala and keep sauting. My mixture was too dry so i have added 2 tablespoon of water.
- Add in thick yogurt. Mix them gently.
- Add in the soaked rice. Drain the excess water and add in the rice. Mix them gently.
- Add in water. Add salt to taste.
- Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles in high flame. Switch off the flame after that. Allow the pressure to release on its own. Open the pressure cooker and garnish with sauted cashews.
- Tasty and Healty Red Velvette rice is now ready to serve.
Notes
- Soaking rice in water for 20 minutes helps in cooking rice softer.
- Thick curd can be replaced by coconut milk. Even that is full of flavours.
- You can also add fistful of chopped mint leaves.
Step by Step Photos on how to make Beetroot Pulao / Red Velvette Pulao
- Soak Basmati rice in water for 20 minutes. Grate Beetroot, Chop onion and Coriander Leaves.
- Heat Ghee in a Pressure pan. Add in the Cashews and roast them until golden brown. Remove the Cashews and place them aside.
- Add in the remaining Ghee. Add in Bay Leaves, Cinnamon and cloves. Once nice aroma comes out add in onion and start sauting. Add in green chillis. Saute until the onion is glossy. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute until nice aroma of ginger garlic comes out.
- Add in coriander leaves and saute them. Add in the beetroot and saute them for few minutes.
- Add in garam masala and keep sauting. My mixture was too dry so i have added 2 tablespoon of water.
- Add in thick yogurt. Mix them gently.
- Add in the soaked and drained rice. Mix them gently.
- Add in water. Add salt to taste.
- Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles in high flame. Switch off the flame after that. Allow the pressure to release on its own. Open the pressure cooker and garnish with sauted cashews.
- Tasty and Healty Red Velvette rice is now ready to serve.
Padma Balaji says
Pulao looks yum... healthy too!
ALBONI says
Healthy and tricky way to make the little ones eat beetroot .. awesome !!!