BEETROOT PACHADI

Beetroot is a beautiful vegetable rich in Vitamin C, iron, folic acid and other vitamins and minerals. It is a complete package for a healthy body.

Ingredients
1-2 Beetroots
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp urad dal
Pinch of asafoetida
Small piece tamarind
4-5 garlic cloves
4-5 red chillies
Small piece jaggery

Seasoning Ingredients
1-2 tbsp cooking oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 red chillies
curry leaves
1/4 tbsp urad dal
1/4 tbsp chana dal

Method
Dice the beetroots to pieces and boil them with tamarind till they become tender little water.
Take a frying pan, 2-3 tbsp oil, and fry all the above mentioned ingredients and finally add the beetroot pieces and fry them.
Let it cool down and then grind it to paste.
Finally season it with the seasoning ingredients.

RIDGE GOURD PEEL PACHADI

You must be wondering pachadi and that too with the peel, yes you have heard it right. We make variety of curries with ridge gourd but many of us are unaware that recipes can be made even with its peel. This is one of the mouth watering chutneys that can be prepared with ridge gourd peel.

Ingredients

peel of 1-2 ridge gourds
a pinch of asafoetida
7-8 red chillies
1 tbsp of cumin seeds
1 tbsp of black gram
1 tbsp of corriander seeds
half lemon sized tamarind
7-8 garlic
curry leaves
corriander leaves
pudhina (optional)
salt to taste

Seasoning

1/4 tbsp of mustard seeds
1/4 tbsp of cumin seeds
1/4 tbsp of black gram
1/4 tbsp of bengal gram
4-5 red chillies
curry leaves

Method

Heat 2-3 tbsp of cooking oil in a pan
Put all the above ingredients in the same order mentioned above.
Let them fry for 10-15 minutes.










Turn of the heat and let it cool.
Then grind them to paste.

Then heat oil in another pan for seasoning, put the seasoning into the paste and mix.










So simple yet delicious. Try it and relish the dish.