Beetroot chutney recipe | Andhra style beetroot pachadi recipe . This is one of the delicious recipe using beetroot, which I learnt from my friend sometime back.
Chutneys | pachadis are very popular in Andhra cuisine. Those are very spicy and it goes well with hot rice. I have a great liking for Andhra style pachadis and podis. Beetroot is one of my favorite vegetables. I have posted a few beetroot recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. The most popular among them, beetroot cutlet, beetroot vadai, beetroot salad , beetroot thepla , and beetroot kurma. Also, we have beetroot halwa recipe, the most popular dessert of India.
I have posted Andhra style Kovakkai pachadi | chutney in Jeyashri’s kitchen sometime back. This recipe is similar to that with little variations.
Check out
- Beetroot thepla
- One-pot beetroot pulao
- Beetroot cutlet
- Chettinad beetroot vadai
- Beetroot kurma
- Beetroot chaas
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- Peel the skin of the beetroot and chop this into small cubes.
- In a pan, add 2 tsp oil and throw in the cumin seeds, red chili, garlic, curry leaves, chana dal, and urad dal.
- Saute this in a low flame till the dals turn golden brown.
- Keep this aside.

- Add 2 tsp oil and add the beetroot to this.
- Cook for 10 minutes. Do not add any water.
- Keep in medium flame and saute this.
- Once done cool completely.

- Grind this along with the dal mixture and salt, into a fine paste.
- In a pan add 1 tsp oil and add mustard seeds.
- When it splutters, add the ground beetroot chutney.
- Saute in a low flame for a minute.
- Transfer it to a serving bowl.

- Enjoy beetroot chutney with hot rice or with Idli, dosa and chapati.

- You can add ½ onion while sauteeing the dals.
- While grinding you can add 2 tbsp of coconut to the beetroot chutney.

Andhra style Beetroot chutney
Ingredients
- 1 beetroot
- 5 tsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 4 red chilis
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- Handful of curry leaves
- 3 garlic cloves
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
Instructions
- Peel the skin of the beetroot and chop this into small cubes.
- In a pan, add 2 tsp oil and throw in the cumin seeds, red chili, garlic, curry leaves, chana dal, and urad dal.
- Saute this in a low flame till the dals turn golden brown.
- Keep this aside.
- Add 2 tsp oil and add the beetroot to this.
- Cook for 10 minutes. Do not add any water.
- Keep in medium flame and saute this.
- Once done cool completely.
- Grind this along with the dal mixture and salt, into a fine paste.
- In a pan add 1 tsp oil and add mustard seeds.
- When it splutters, add the ground beetroot chutney.
- Saute in a low flame for a minute.
- Transfer it to a serving bowl.
- Enjoy beetroot chutney with hot rice or with Idli, dosa, and chapati.