Beetroot saaru (Beetroot rasam)

Beetroot saaru

Beetroot saaru makes a good appetiser on a cold day. It tastes great with rice too.It is a simple recipe with minimum ingredients.

Ingredients:
1/2 beetroot
1/4 cup fresh grated coocnut
6-7 red chillies
1 spoon jeera (cumin seeds)
1 table spoon tamarind extract
1 spoon jaggery
Haldi
3-4 pods of garlic
1/2 spoon mustard seeds
1 strand curry leaves
2 spoons oil
Salt to taste.

Preparation:
1.Peel and chop 1/2 beetroot to small pieces and boil till tender.
2. In a pan heat 1 spoon  oil and add jeera, red chillies and roast till jeera splits
3. Grind the roasted chillies, jeera , coconut and boiled beetroot to a fine paste adding enough water.
4. In a heavy bottom vessel put the ground paste, haldi, salt, jaggery ,tamrind extract and 3 cups of water and boil well.
5. Prepare vagarane (tadka) using 1 spoon oil,crushed garlic, mustard seeds and curry leaves . When  mustard splits ,add to the prepared beetroot rasam.
6. Serve hot with rice.

Salt to taste