Ingredients

• 2 cups - beets, grated
• Tamarind - size of a betel nut
• Salt, according to taste
• Seasoning
• 4 tsp - urad dal
• 1-2 - red chillies
• Pinch of asafoetida (hing) powder

How to Make Thohayal

• Take little oil in a kadai and fry the dal till golden brown in colour. In the end, add the chillies and hing powder.
• Keep it aside.
• Steam cook the beets in little oil till the raw smell goes and it becomes tender.
• First grind the seasonings with salt and tamarind to crumble it.
• Then add the cooked beets and grind it further till it mixes well.
• Do not add water.
• Make sure that it doesn't become pasty.