Betroot Soup

This is a very healthy soup which you can drink it as a mid-day snack or it can also be taken along with rice. It tastes great with a spicy side-dish. This is a very mild dish which can also be given for babies from the age of 8 months onward. This is also given for elderly people who cannot chew and eat. This is mashed along with rice and given as a porridge. It has high nutritional values, both from dal and beet.

Let's get to the recipe 


Preparation time - 15 minutes 
Servers-4

Ingredients:
Thoor dhal - 1/4 cup
Beetroot- 1 big
Onion- 1 big
Tomato- 1 big 
Green chilli- 1 long 
Salt to taste 
Curry leaves-1sprig
Corriander for garnish 

For seasoning:
Jeera- 1/2 teaspoon 
Pepper- 1/2 teaspoon
Cinnamon- 1/2 inch piece 
Clove - 2 nos.


Preparation:
Cook the dhal untill its soft and mushy.
Wash and chop the vegetables as in the picture. 


In a kadai add oil and heat it , when its ready add seasoning and when it splutters  add onion and sauté till they become translucent.
 Then add chilli   tomatoes and curry leaves. 
Cook til the tomatoes become mashy. 
Now add the beets and salt to taste and sute for a few minutes.
Add the cooked dhal to this with enough water and let it cook for 2 whistle.
After opening check for salt and garnish with corriander. 

Your soup is ready to be relished.



Notes:
It could be done with moong dhal too.
You can make it spicy by adjusting the number of chilies.. but this is note in chettinad cuisine only non veg soups they add pepper. So this soup doesn't have any other spice that's why they add it to babies and elders diet.







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