Beetroot Pulissery | Yogurt Based Side Dish

One thing I like the most in Nagercoil Samayal is Pulissery. Pulissery is my favorite dish. It is tangy and not that much spicy. It has a very nice flavor. Once, I had this beetroot pulissery in a wedding feast in Nagercoil. It was very tasty and superb. I loved it to the core. I loved the colour. I loved the attractive pink. I thought my kiddo will love this pulissery. And actually, she did. It went well with a cauliflower podimas. I had more pulissery and vegetables with very less rice. I felt tummy full after the lunch menu.

Other Pulissery recipes,
Thadiyangai Pulissery or White Pumpkin Pulissery
Vendakkai Pulissery or Ladies Finger Pulissery

Beetroot Pulissery | Beetroot Kuzhambu with Yogurt

Prep Time : 10 mins	Cook Time: 20 mins
Yield: 3 cups	Svg Size: 1/2 to 1 cup
Average Rating: 5 for 5	Calories per Serving: 100
Posted By: Sabari	Cuisine: Kerala

Ingredients

1 small Beetroot
1 cup curd
salt

to grind it to a paste

1/4 cup grated coconut
2 green chillies
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1 garlic clove

for tempering | thalippu | tagka

1 tsp coconut oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp urid dal
1 red chilli
few curry leaves
a pinch asafoetida

Quick Procedure

Finely chop beetroot. Wash it once. Cook beetroot adding a cup of water, till it becomes soft.
Take coconut, cumin, green chillies and garlic clove in a blender and grind it. Add it to the cooked beetroot. Let it boil once. Let it cool down to a warm temperature.
Beat curd and add it to the cooked beetroot.
Heat a pan. Add mustard seeds, urid dal. Let them sputter. Add curry leaves and red chillies. Switch off the flame and add asafoetida.
Add this tadka to pulissery. Let it settle for a few minutes. Pulissery is ready now.

Stepwise Pictures

Finely chop beetroot. Wash it once. Cook beetroot adding a cup of water, till it becomes soft.

Take coconut, cumin, green chillies and garlic clove in a blender and grind it. Add it to the cooked beetroot. Let it boil once. Let it cool down to a warm temperature.