This flavored rice made with carrot, red chillies, green chillies, ginger and peanuts is served with potato curry.
Potato Curry
Difficulty: EasyThis potato curry is made with Potato, onion and sambar powder. It is served with hot rice or as a side dish to chapathi or other Indian bread.
Carrot Rice
Course: RiceCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
5
minutesCooking time
20
minutesThis flavored rice made with carrot, red chillies, green chillies, ginger and peanuts is served with potato curry.
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Grated Carrot – 1 cup
Red chillies – 3 or 4
Green chillies – 2
Fresh ginger – a small piece
Bengal gram dhal – 1 tablespoon
Urad Dhal – 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida – ¼ teaspoon
Peanut – 2 tablespoons
Oil – 4 or 5 teaspoons
Mustard – Half teaspoon
Curry leaves – few
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Cook rice until soft (but not mushy).
- Spread it on a plate or broad vessel. Sprinkle one or two teaspoon oil over it.
- Chop the ginger finely.
- Slit the green chillies lengthwise.
- Break the red chillies into small pieces.
- In a frying pan, put the oil and when it is hot, add mustard.
- When it pops up, add Bengal gram dhal, Urad dhal, asafetida powder and fry until the dhals turn light brown.
- Add peanuts, red chillies and fry just for a second.
- Add green chillies and curry leaves and fry for a while.
- Now add carrot gratings and fry till it changes its colour and becomes soft.
- Add cooked rice to this and mix gently.
- Add salt to taste.