BEETROOT TOMATO SAAR

Beetroot is a super-storehouse of both vitamin C and iron.   Both are essential elements for health.  The beta cyanin in beetroot can help detox your liver, having a knock-on effect for your bloodstream, by helping the body to eliminate toxins and potentially preventing the build-up of fatty deposits. Beetroot juice helps  to reduce high blood pressure.  Tomatoes are powerful blood purifiers and clear up urinary tract infections.   They have anti oxidant properties as they are high sources of vitamin C and vitamin A. The Vitamin A especially wards off macular degeneration and improves eyesight.   High in fiber they are freely used by weight watchers.

Today, I made Beetroot rasam following Ms. Dahlia Twinkle’s recipe of www.simpleindianrecipes.com.  As I was making it, thought of adding little bit of ingredients and make the saar.  My daughter when she was in baby sitting used to tell me Aunty’s tomato saar is very tasty.  Thought will give a twist to the Tomato Saar and the recipe is here.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 2 - 3

Ingredients:

1 medium size beetroot

1 big ripe tomato

3-4 garlic cloves

2  tbsp tuvar dal or moongdal

1 tsp sambar powder

½ tsp pepper and jeera crushed

1 tsp dry mango powder (you can use tamarind pulp instead)

1 tsp sugar or jaggery

salt

Tempering:

1 tsp ghee

1 tsp mustard seeds

¼ tsp cumin seeds

A pinch of asafetida

Few Curry leaves

Garnishing

Chopped green coriander

Method:

Pressure cook the tomato, beetroot , garlic cloves , dal for one whistle.

When the pressure comes down,  remove it from the cooker and allow to cool.

Remove the skin of tomato and grind to a smooth paste in the mixer.

Add one cup water, crushed pepper, jeera , sambar powder  and  boil the same with required amount of salt.

Mix the dry mango powder in little water and add to the boiling saar. Add the sugar or jaggery.

When it comes to a boil, remove from gas and temper with the ingredients mentioned above.

Serve hot with rice, chapatti, dosa, idli and neer dosa

Consistency should be like sambar.

 

How to serve:

Serve with rice, dosa 

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