Wednesday, April 15

Carrot Rice Recipe / Gajar Pulao

Carrot Rice is a wholesome dish which can be prepared with fresh cooked or left over rice. Usually we will have some rice left over at home from the night dinner or the lunch in the afternoon. You can use to make this carrot rice  with such rice. 


Ingredients needed for the recipe of  Carrot Rice :
2 cups of Cooked / left over rice
1 cup grated carrot
2 green chillies chopped fine
a stalk or two curry leaves
2 pinches asafoetida powder
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp broken urad dal
1 red chilli cut into small bits
2 tsps oil
Salt to taste

How to prepare Carrot Rice:
Cook rice with salt to taste or add salt to the leftover cooked rice. Keep aside.
Keat oil in a frypan, splutter mustard seeds.
Add urad dal, redchilli pieces. When they change colour add curry leaves chopped and grated carrot. Add enough salt and mix well for a minute.
Add rice and mix well enough so that all the ingredients blend together.

Note:
This can be used to pack as tiffin for lunch with some Kovaikka Masala , Papads and Raita / pickles.

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