❤️ You’ll Love This Beetroot Raita Recipe
Taste & Flavor:
A slightly sweet taste with earthy flavor from beetroot A sweet taste goes well with a slight sourness of the yogurt. Refreshing and cooling to your body. Soothing to your palate when served with spicy biryani or rice.
Perfect for party or get-to-gather: This raita has a pink-ish tinge and so it looks eye-catching. This makes a perfect centerpiece dish when serving guests. The color of the beetroot raita gets darker and darker after storing it in the refrigerator.
🧾 Ingredient Notes
You’ll need 5 ingredients only plus salt.
Plain yogurt: Whenever you’re making raita, make sure to use chilled yogurt. As raita tastes best when served chilled. You can use homemade or store-bought plain yogurt. Beetroot: Here cooked beetroot is used. You can steam, roast or pressure cook the beet. Detailed instructions are mentioned below in the recipe card. Roasted cumin powder: To make it at home, dry roast the cumin seeds until aromatic and they get a nice golden brown color. Let it cool down and grind into a powder using a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Black salt: It adds a nice zing to the raita. There is no substitute for this ingredient.
👩🍳 How To Make Beetroot Raita? (Stepwise)
- Take yogurt in a bowl. Add salt, black salt, roasted cumin powder and red chili powder.
- Whisk until yogurt is smooth and spices are mixed evenly.
- Add cooked, diced beet. Make sure to add cooled beet (not hot or warm).
- Mix well and serve.
💭 Expert Tips
Add cooled, room temperature beet to the yogurt. Cook the beetroot ahead of time so it has enough time to cool down. You can even cook a day before and store it in the refrigerator. Always use chilled yogurt to make raita to serve it right away. Or make raita a few hours earlier and chill in the refrigerator before serving.
Storage: This raita can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 2-3 days. Keep in mind that the pink tinge will keep getting darker.
🍽 What to serve with Beetroot Raita?
Serve beetroot raita with any rice dish e.g. veg biryani, veg pulao, tawa pulao, methi rice, capsicum rice, etc. It can be served with paratha e.g. aloo paratha, paneer paratha, methi paratha, cabbage paratha, etc. It can be served as a side dish with any Indian meal that consists of dal, rice, roti, sabzi or curry.
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