C - carrot poriyal

Day 3 and here I am with a healty and simple stir fry. Carrot Poriyal. This dish has the flavor of coconut along with green chillies. The addition of coconut is something that I have seen in my household. This carrot poryal is always made with the addition of moong dal and named as a carrot kosambari. I realised that this dish is quite unique, when this was packed in my lunch box in school or college.

For people who have seen or been through my blog will know what a sucker I am for vegetables. Shopping for clothes and accessories will not excite me as much as I get excited when am in a vegetable market, surrounded by fresh vegetables and herbs. Carrots are always ( Read Capital, Bold and Italic ) on my vegetable shopping list.

Let me jump onto the recipe for this yummilicious carrot poriyal. My personal choice to have this with a bowl of creamy curd rice. or with coconut rice.

Ingredients

Carrots - 1/2 kg

Coconut scrapings - 1/2 cup

Green Chilies or Red Chilies - 3 nos

Oil and mustard seeds - for tempering

Salt - to taste

Method

Cut the carrot into small cubes and put them to boil

After they are done, strain it and keep it aside.

In a frying pan, add a little oil

When the oil is hot add mustard seeds followed by the chilies

Add the coconut scrapings as well and stir it under low flame 

Lower the flame well and the add the steamed carrot cubes. 

Mix well and adjust salt. 

Remove on to a bowl and serve with meals or curd rice

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Carrot Cubes

BM # 13 Day 3

I have been having hectic schedules due to leadership team's visit to Chennai. I was very tired yesterday to check my fellow blogger creations. Today s recipe is a simple one. No fancy ingredients, just the ones in our fridge. and some oil.

I have named them as Carrot Cubes, just a different name. They look like potato cube, but no they are carrot cubes. Simple to make , but very tasty, I bet you cannot stop with one.

Ingredients:

Carrot - 1
Oil for deep frying

Method:


Cut the carrot into small cubes
Heat oil in a wide thick bottomed wok
When the oil is hot, add the carrots and deep fry them
When done , remove them in a kitchen towel
Serve just like that.

The sweetness of carrot that is deep fried, has a very different sweet taste, which will never leave your palate. Kids would love these cubes. Some were a little soft on the inside, while some where very crispy. Either way I loved it.

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