Carrot Rice

This is another easy to recipe.It is an attractive food for kids mainly because of the colour

Ingredients

• Raw rice - 1 1/2 cups
• Grated carrot - 2 cups

• Fresh or frozen peas - 1/2 cup
• Chopped onion - 1 (optional)
• Salt - 1 teaspoon
• Chopped coriander leaves - little

Tempering

• Oil+Ghee - 3 tablespoons
• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Urad dhall - 1/2 teaspoon
• Channa dhall - 3/4 teaspoon
• Grated ginger - 1/2 teaspoon
• Green chillies - 4 or more
• Curry leaves - little
• Hing - little

Method

• Cook rice with 3 cups of water for 2 whistles.Spread it in a broad basin and allow it cool.Add little oil on top of it and also mix salt with the rice

• Heat oil+ghee in a kadai.Add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter.Then add urad dhall followed channa dhall.After the dhall gets reddish brown in colur add rest of the items given under tempering

• Fry onions till translucent.Add little salt while frying

• Add peas and stir fry for 2 minutes.Now add grated carrot. Sprinkle little salt and fry for 5 minutes.Add coriander leaves

• Switch off the stove and leave it for 2 minutes.Add it to the cooked rice and mix well

• Carrot rice is ready.Serve it hot with fried pappads and onion raitha

Note

• I mentioned only 1 teaspoon of salt to be added to the cooked rice because it is also added to onions and carrots while frying
• You may add pinch of turmeric while tampering