Carrot Rice

When I was a toddler, most of my eating habits depended or was inspired from cartoons. I loved spinach because Popeye loves it. I wanted cheese since Jerry was excited about it and in the same lines, carrots were introduced to me by Bugs Bunny :)

Yes!! I'm literally a Bunny rabbit when it comes to carrots :) love to munch them as it is and would some times eat them along with tomato ketchup. Believe me, its one of the best freaking combination ever ;)

Carrots are universally liked by many, at least I have not seen much of people who hate carrots. Hope you all agree with me!! If that is the case, one lovely form of cooking carrot is to make carrot rice :)

Its simple and super healthy :) Go on to the recipe and I bet you would love it too :)

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Carrot - 3
Onion - 2
Red chillies - 3
Channa dhall - 2 tsp
Urad dhall - 2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds(Dhaniya) - 2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Salt - for taste
Coriander leaves

Decoration: Used carrots for the petals, onion for the center part and curry leaves

Method:

In a pan, take a tsp of oil and fry red chillies, channa dhall, urad dhall, coriander seeds and cumin seeds just for a min and powder it finely.

Wash and soak rice for half an hour. Pressure cook with two cups of water. Once done allow it to cool on a plate. Add a tsp of ghee to the rice and separate the grains.

Chop onions finely and grate the carrots.

Heat two tsp of oil in a large pan and crackle mustard seeds. Add the chopped onions and fry till it turns golden brown. Once done add the grated carrot and fry for 2 mins adding a little salt to it. Then add the above said powdered masala to it and mix well.

Now add the rice and mix until everything comes together. Finally switch off the stove and add the tsp of lemon and salt and mix it well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Simple and tasty carrot rice is ready to eat :)

Enjoy the hot steaming carrot rice with some potato chips :) Happy eating :)

Written by: Nithya
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