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Beetroot Gatta Rice

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Course Main Course, Rice
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Beetroot Rice, Gatta Pulav, Gatta Rice
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rice
  • 1/2 cup Chick peas flour (Besan)
  • 4 tbsp Curd
  • 1/4 tbsp Carom Seeds
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 Beetroot (Boiled)
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 Onion Sliced
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 4 Cloves
  • 2 Green Cardamom
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 6 Peppercorns
  • 1 tsp Biryani Masala
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Oil
  • 1 tsp Mint leaves powder or fresh leaves

Instructions

  1. Grate the Beetroot and keep aside and cook the rice and keep it aside as well.

  2. Meanwhile take bowl and mix besan, curd, turmeric, carom seeds and salt and knead it together. You might not need any water.

  3. Now divide the mixture into two and make long cylindrical logs out it.

  4. Now to make gattas out around 3 cups of water to boil in a sauce pan first and then add these logs into the water, in some 10 mins they will start floating on top of water. That is indication that its done.

  5. Drain them and take it out and then cut them into small 1 inch pieces. You can take a small pan and add 1/2 tbsp of oil and slightly roast them and keep aside.

  6. Now take a wok and add oil and add cumin seeds and all whole masalas like cloves, cardamom , bay leaf and then saute onions.

  7. Next add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell goes. Next add grated beetroot and biryani masala and salt and mix well.

  8. Gently add 1/2 of the gattas and mix well without letting it break.

  9. The add plain rice and adjust seasonings, again top it up with gattas and mix well with some lemon juice and dry mint leaves powder or fresh leaves.

  10. Cover this on slow and put off the flame after 5 min and let it all brew together.

  11. Serve hot with gravy of choice or raita.