Beets with Mustard Seeds and
Coconut
YIELD: 3 CUPS (711 ML)
The weekend before I planned to hand
in the manuscript for this book, I
attended a party thrown by my good
friends and fellow foodies Minu and
Jesse Benawra. One of their childhood
friends, Vid, mentioned the one dish he
knows how to make: South Indian-
inspired beets. My interest was
immediately piqued as I listened to him
describe the dish his mother, Sharada
Byanna, taught him how to make. I
really wanted to include beets in this
book because I love them, but I had
never had them prepared in an Indian