Carrot Rice | Carrot Pulav

Healthy, easy, nutritious and perfect lunch box menu.  Try this delicious and tasty carrot rice with potato fry or just with pappads.

Ingredients : 

1. Carrot - 100 gms 
2. Rice - 1/4 kg
3. Oil - 1 tbsp
4. Onion, finely chopped - 1 no
5. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
6. Green chilly - 1 no
7. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
8. Urad dal - 1 tsp
9. Curry leaves
10. Coriander leaves
11. Salt to taste
12. Water - 2 cups

For spice powder

1. Coconut, grated - 2 tsp
2. Ural dal - 1 tsp
3. Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
4. Red chillies - 4 nos

Dry roast the ingredients and grind them to fine powder.

Method :

1.  Cook the rice with little salt and allow them to cool.

2.  Cook the peeled & cut carrots in the boiling water for 3 mins.  Remove them from the water and grate them.  Keep aside. (This helps to remove the raw smell of carrot and cooks quickly while mixing them in the rice)

3.  Heat oil in the pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, green chilly, curry leaves and finely chopped onion.  Saute till tender.

3.  Add grated carrots and saute.

4.  Add the rice and grounded spice powder.  Adjust the salt and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Serve warm.