Beetroot pachadi – A festive dish of Kerala.
Pachadi - A festive dish of Kerala, India. It can be made with different vegetables by cooking it with coconut, chilli, tempering it with mustard seeds and curry leaves and finally adding curd.

Beetroot pachadi – A festive dish of Kerala, India. This is usually served in a sadhya ( meal served on a plantain leaf). Pachadi is very similar to north Indian raita except that the vegetable is cooked, curd and coconut is added. It is the name given to a preparation made with any vegetable that is sautéed in oil with some spices and then coarsely ground. It is served like a pickle with rice.

Beetroot pachadi can be made with different vegetables by cooking it with coconut, chilli , tempering it with mustard seeds and curry leaves and finally adding curd.
Beetroot Pachadi – Instructions to prepare.
- Preparation Time : 15 mins
- Cooking Time : 10 mins
- Serves : 4
Ingredients to prepare Beetroot pachadi :
- Grated Beetroot : 1 cup
- Ginger : 1 tsp (chopped)
- Green chillies : 3 nos
- Grated Coconut : 1/4 cup
- Mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- Plain Sour Yogurt /Curd : 1 cup
- Curry leaves : 1 sprig
- Salt to taste
- Coconut Oil : 1 tsp
- Dry red chilly: 1nos

Method to prepare Beetroot pachadi:
- Heat the oil. Cook the grated beetroot till it turn to soft ( add a touch of water if it gets too dry)
- Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, ginger and 1/4 tsp mustard seeds into a smooth paste with 1/4 cup curds.
- Add the coconut paste to the cooked beetroots and cook for couple of mins.
- Remove from the fire.
- Now add the rest of the curd, salt and combine well.
- Heat oil for tempering in a small frying pan and add the curry leaves, mustard seeds and dry red chilli.
- When the mustard seeds start popping, add it to the pachadi.
- Mix well. Serve Beetroot pachadi with steamed rice and enjoy.

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Beetroot Pachadi
Pachadi – A festive dish of Kerala, India. It can be made with different vegetables by cooking it with coconut, chilli, tempering it with mustard seeds and curry leaves and finally adding curd.
Servings 4
Calories 161kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup beetroot grated
- 1/2 inch ginger chopped
- 3 green chillies
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 cup plain yogurt curd
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp salt to taste
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 dry red chilli
Instructions
- Heat the oil. Cook the grated beetroot till it turn to soft ( add a touch of water if it gets too dry)
- Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, ginger and 1/4 tsp mustard seeds into a smooth paste with 1/4 cup curds.
- Add the coconut paste to the cooked beetroots and cook for couple of mins. Remove from the fire.
- Now add the rest of the curd, salt and combine well.
- Heat oil for tempering in a small frying pan and add the curry leaves, mustard seeds and dry red chilli. When the mustard seeds start popping, add it to the pachadi. Mix well. Serve Beetroot pachadi with steamed rice and enjoy.
Nutrition
Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 751mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 80IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Vitamin E: 1mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg
A very interesting use of beetroot
Hope you will enjoy it.
I love beetroots in any form! and this looks lovely <3
Hope you will enjoy this:)
You have a wonderful blog!! And all your recipes are very different and fabulous 🙂
Thanks a lot Mithai:)
You are welcome 🙂
This looks absolutely delicious and is definitely one on my list to try now. Thanks for following my blog and I’m really looking forward to testing out some of your delicious recipes. Thanks so much for sharing! x
Thanks Wendy. Looking forward to see your blogs too. Let me know once you tried it. And thanks for the follow:)
I will Sumith. We aren’t around for the next week so I will be trying it when I return.. Much appreciated! x
Have a nice break. Enjoy!!!
Thanks Sumith – just got a brief access to Wifi so apologies for delayed response. We’re having a lovely holiday in Calpe Spain – beautiiful times! x
Hola Wendy , gracias por mantener el contacto . ” Disfrute de sus sol , arroz pealla , tacos y nachos ” Here in our Manchester tropical monsoon has just started. It has only been for a week. So make most of your holiday. And one more request, on your way back please bring some sun aswell. Thanking you. Sumith?
manga pachadi is my all time fav, can sit and have it like pudding 🙂 beetroot any day for it colours.. 🙂
Me too….?
The color on this one is amazing! 🙂
Thank you Christy.