This is my all time favorite vegan recipe.  I hated eating vegetables as a kid.. I think the only vegetable I ate were potatoes. So my mum played a lil trick on me and not only did it fall for her trick, I also fell in love with this beetroot and tomato recipe.

It’s quite a silly story, but my mum sold the idea of eating beetroot to me , by telling me that if I will eat this, my cheeks will turn pink (like all the pretty ladies in TV shows). So I tried and even liked it but my cheeks never turned pink! As I grew up, I realized that the pink cheeks were thanks to the Rosy Blush that they used to wear and not beetroots! The power of makeup rather than the power of beetroots!(LOL!)

I figured it out too late, and had already fallen for the the taste of my mum’s Chukandar Tamatar. I love it with plain boiled rice and here it is for you guys.

Chukandar Tamatar (Beetroot with Tomatoes)

Serves 3-4 persons

Ingredients:

• 500 gm Chukandar (Beetroot – peeled and cut into thin strips like french fries)
• 500 gm Tomatoes
• 1 tsp. Cumin Seeds (Zeera)
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 3-4 tbsp. Oil
• 3-4 Green chillies (whole)
• 3 tbsp. Coriander leaves (Hara dhanya)

Directions:

1. Fry zeera in oil for a few minutes.
2. Put chukandar, tomatoes, salt and 1/2 cup water and cook covered on low-medium heat.
3. When the chukandar is soft and done, increase the stove to dry the water and let the oil separate from it. 
4. Add chopped haradhanya and whole green chilies and then close the stove.
5. Garnish with haradhanya and green chillies. Serve with boiled rice or with daal and chapati.

I just love it with plain rice. Try it and let me know how you prefer it?

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