Beetroot Rice is a colourful rice made by cooking beetroot with rice, spices & herbs. Beetroot rice is healthy & kids favorite rice ideal for lunch box & kids parties. Beetroot Rice Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures. 
Beetroot Rice or Pulao is my friends recipe, I made it for todays lunch and paired it with a simple onion raita.
My friend watsapped me this recipe, coincidentally one of my reader sent recipe for beetroot rice so thought to try pulao first then go ahead with rice to keep up the demand for beetroot recipes.I am sure those who hate beets will also have this pulao without any complaints, yes hubby who sighs seeing beets loved the pulao and gave a thumps up.This can best be suited for lunchbox for office goers and for kids do try this easy pulao.
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Beetroot Rice | Beetroot Pulao
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 3/4 cup beetroot finely chopped
- 1/4 cup green peas
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 small sized big onion finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/4 teaspoon chana masala powder or pav bhaji powder
- a pinch turmeric powder
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
To Temper :
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 tablespoon ghee
- 1/2 inch stick cinnamon
- 2 cloves
- 1 cardamom
To grind to a coarse paste:
- 5 small onion
- 1 green chilli
Instructions
- Soak rice for 30mins.
- Take a mixer and grind small onion and green chili to a coarse paste. I used 5 small onions which was big so halved them.
- Chop beets into small cubes, remove peas from shell rinse the veggies and keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil + ghee – add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, let it splutter.
- Add ginger garlic paste, onion chilli paste. Fry till raw smell leaves.
- Saute in low flame for at least 3mins.
- Then add chopped onion and fry till it turns translucent.
- Add chana masala powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder. Fry the masala well for 5mins.
- Add beetroot & peas and saute in low flame for 2mins.
- Add required salt.
- Drain water and add the rice and give a quick saute till the masalas are nicely coated with the rice.
- Add water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Once pressure releases fluff the rice and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve Beetroot Rice hot / warm!
Notes
- Soaking rice helps in cooking faster and gives a nice fluffy texture.
- You can even cook this pulao in pan, but adjust water accordingly. It may require atleast 2.5 cups of water.
- Take care to add the spice powders only after the raw smell of onion garlic leaves.
- This rice is very mild and less spicy. You can use spice as you prefer. It depends on the sweetness of the beets.
- Adding chana masala powder gives a extra flavour, but if you don’t have it just go ahead with garam masala powder or pav bhaji masala powder.
How to make Beetroot Rice
- Take a mixer and grind small onion and green chili to a coarse paste.I used 5 small onions which was big so halved them.Chop beets into small cubes, remove peas from shell rinse the veggies and keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil + ghee – add cinaamon,cloves and cardamom, let it splutter then add ginger garlic paste , onion chilli paste.Fry till raw smell leaves.Saute in low flame for atleast 3mins.
- Then add chopped onion and fry till it turns transparent.Then add chana masala powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder.Fry the masala well for 5mins.
- Then add beetroot and peas and saute in low flame for 2mins.Add required salt.I soaked rice for 30mins.
- Drain water and add the rice and give a quick saute till the masalas are nicely coated with the rice.Then add water.
- Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.Once pressure releases fluff the rice and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot / warm!
Expert Tips
- Soaking rice helps in cooking faster and gives a nice fluffy texture.
- You can even cook this pulao in pan, but adjust water accordingly.It may require atleast 2.5 cups of water.
- Take care to add the spice powders only after the raw smell of onion garlic leaves.
- This rice is very mild and less spicy.You can play with spice as you prefer.It depends on the sweetness of the beets.
- Adding chana masala powder gives a extra flavour, but if you don’t have it just go ahead only with garam masala powder.You can replace chana masala powder with pav bhaji masala powder.
Nalini Sathish
Yummy pulao tempting…..
Nalini Sathish
Hi mam i want to prepare cake but i dont know the process to preheat the oven.actually ours is ifb brnd 30 ltr micro oven.in this various degress are coming which one i should select for a simple cake process.
Waiting for ur reply……
To make a wonderful cake for my hubby….
SHARMILEE J
Preheating for each oven varies, you need to check your manual for the temperature
Gayathri Sudharson
Awesome clicks, perfect colour…. first photo semma Sharmi… summer is back, and I am waiting for travel food series…..
Subashini
Wonderful recipe…u sure tempt everyone to try your recipes by your attractive pictures and neat presentation..great job….
Supriya Nair
A very healthy n nutritious pulav. Love the colour.
aakash shenai
is small onion must for the grinding, does the taste differ if we use the regular ones
SHARMILEE J
It gives nice flavour to the pulao, but you can replace it with big onion too….
Mamta Patnaik
Thanks a ton Sharmilee for posting this recipe . You have saved my life. My little angel is 2 years old and she is a picky eater …she never used to like beetroot but when she ate this biryani she said yummy maama….oh my God i cannot tell you the expression of her face thanks a lot . Would you also tell me any other kids recipe with spinach in it….
Noni
Your channa powder is going to garam masala recipe
Raji
Hi Sharmi… My little one is nearing two and he is a picky eater.. please share some receipes for kids like him… I mean for picky eaters… He liked beetroot pulao very much..
Sharmilee J
Sure will do!
Sudhamani
Channa masala powder links takes into Garamond masala powder link in this receive.