It's been over a couple of months since I first saw this recipe online, thanks to youtube algorithm. A simple, quick and most delicious salad, you can use it as a dip as well. And what I like about this salad is that it uses one of my favorite vegetable - the beetroot. And I have make this salad at least once a week now.
I know a lot of people do not like the earthy smell of beetroot, but trust me, it tastes and smells nothing like the beetroot (if you do not like beetroot). and the color is awesome. And I think this is the best way for me to get some yogurt into my diet.
Let's get started.
Ingredients:
Beetroot - 1/4 small beetroot
Yogurt - 1 cup
salt (as per taste)
pepper (as per taste)
For the seasoning:
oil - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Urad Dal (black lentil with its skin peeled) – ¼ teaspoon
Curry Leaf - A few
Dried Red chili - 1
Method:
Grate Beetroot
For the seasoning, heat oil in a small wok, when the oil gets hot, add mustard seeds, when the mustard seeds start to splutter, add the urad dal, the curry leaves and the dried red chili. Make sure the seasoning does not burn. Add the seasoning to the grated beetroot.
Add salt and pepper to the beetroot. Maybe next time I will add some cayenne chili instead of the pepper.
Add yogurt.
Mix well and chill in the refrigerator for an hour. You don't have to refrigerate it, if you don't want to. If you want to use it as a dip, instead of yogurt, add hung yogurt or greek yogurt. If you want to prepare this ahead and keep it in the refrigerator, then add the salt only before you are going to serve it, since adding salt makes the yogurt slightly runny.
And that's it. The beetroot salad is ready to eat.
I cook every day. Well, almost every day. And there are days where I cook multiple recipes. Having said that, I am not an authentic or professional chef. Many of my recipes are experiments as I try to adapt and use the ingredients I already have.
My mantra is you should cook food just the way you like it. I don’t mean any disrespect to traditional methods of cooking or any cultures where the cuisine originates from. But I merely try to cook it with what I have and what is available to me and sometimes, I add ingredients that I want to use up.
All photos are my own.
All photos are shot on a mobile phone.
