Beetroot Poriyal

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Radikal Kitchen: Flavours without Borders

By Radhika Howarth

Published 2024

  • About

Beetroot Poriyal is a South Indian stir fry dish of chopped beetroot sautéed with mustard seeds, curry leaves and coconut. It’s the South Indian equivalent of a quick, dry stir fry.

The key features of poriyal are that it can be made with a variety of vegetables. The vegetables are typically cooked to retain their crunchy texture, and it is not heavily spiced, allowing the natural taste of the vegetables to shine through.

This mildly spiced beetroot dish is an easy recipe, a