Beetroot Rice is a healthy and delicious one pot rice dish prepared with basmati rice, beetroot and simple spices. This dish is super quick, easy, nutritious and packed with flavours.
I like making this rice slightly spicy as it enhances the sweetness of the beetroot. Beetroots are wonderfully earthy and tasty, but they’re often relegated to side dishes or overcrowded trays of roasted vegetables. Don’t get me wrong I love a tray of roasted vegetables, but there’s so much more to just roasting beetroot. I love raw beetroot and often use it in salads. This is a perfect recipe for using raw beetroot. No more waiting hours for the beetroot pieces to soften in the oven. This recipe takes 10-15 minutes to cook the beetroot along with onions and tomatoes to flavour the rice.
Beetroots are an amazing addition to any recipe as it not only brightens the recipe with its beautiful red colour but also has high nutritional value. Beetroot are great sources of fiber, folate (vitamin B9), manganese, potassium, iron, and vitamin C to name a few.
Beetroot rice can be served with Vegetable Raita, Boondi Raita or Burani Raita.
