- Paste: Make a smooth paste of the paste ingredients with ½ c of water in a blender Steam cook the beet root in a bowl without adding water. 50% of cooking should do. Cool, peel grate. Make a coarse paste of the grated beet in a blender.
- Over medium heat in sauce pan cook the beet with the coconut paste with 1/4 c water for five minutes. Whisk the curd in a bowl and add this to the saucepan containing the beet. Mix, turn off the heat after a minute. Over medium heat, heat the coconut oil in a sauce pan.
- Stir in mustard seeds, let it splatter, Then stir in cumin seeds, asafoetida, chili and curry leaves, 2 mins. Turn off the heat.
- Add the tempered ingredients to the beet, salt to taste. Nutritious colorful raita is ready. Cool before serving