The Color Purple

Beet Root Rice

1 cup uncooked rice
1 cup grated beet roots
1 tsp cumin
1/2 cup chopped onion
10 cloves garlic chopped
3 tbsp mint leaves chopped
1 tsp sambar powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
2 tbsp oil
salt

Cook the rice and set aside. Put oil in a pot then add the onion and garlic and fry till golden brown. Add the beet root and a little water then cook for 2 minutes. Add the sambar powder, garam masala powder, cumin, mint leaves and salt mixing all the while. Once the beets are cooked and there is a small amount of juice in the bottom stir the beet mixture with the cooked rice. Yum yum! This is really easy to make, minus finding the ingredients if you aren't in India or in an Indian market and then all the chopping!!!! I had this for lunch with some peanut fried mixture that India has all over the place for a crunchy snack. It was good mixed in because it added some salt and crunch.

I'm sure it would be really good with yogurt also... or raita. Coming soon Aloo Gobhi and Gobi Ka Paratha. Gobhi/Gobi is cauliflower.