BEETROOT GREEN PORIYAL

Beetroot green poriyal is very tasty and easy to make.  Whenever I get the opportunity to pick up the greens, I never miss it as I would like to personally eat this dish along with rice and curd or rasam.  I also made pulivitta masiyal with this.

Since leafy vegetables got lot of health benefits, do include this greens in your menu atleast twice in a month.

Let us look at the recipe  now:

Cooking time: 5 - 10 minutes
preparation time: 10 minutes
serves : 1

Ingredients;

1/2 cup finely chopped beetroot greens
2 tsp oil
1 pc of broken red chilli
1 tsp red boiled rice (puzhungalarisi)
1 tsp urid dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp grated coconut
haldi powder
salt

Method:

Heat oil in kadai.
add  the mustard seeds, urid dal, rice and red chilli.
when it is done, add the chopped greens, salt and sprinkle 2-3 tbsp water, mix well, cover and cook for 5-10 minutes.
garnish with grated coconut and serve with curd rice or rasam rice.

Another Method:

dry roast the rice, urid dal with red chilli, make a coarse powder out of it and sprinkle the same

or

pulse the coconut and green chilli and then add to the poriyal.