Carrot Poriyal / Carrot Stir Fry

Carrot is my fav veggie, be it poriyal or kootu or milkshake or juice or even raw I just cant resist. Carrot Kootu is my lil ones fav too, will post the recipe sometime soon. Now with no further delay lets get onto the simple easy carrot stir fry(we call it podimas) recipe. And this is my first click in our new home :) Here the sun shines very bright else its very dull, kind of changing climate often. Still am in process of setting up a table for clicking purpose atleast in our new home, cant wait to click it from the new setup :)

Ingredients:

• Carrots - 4
• Onion - 1 medium sized chopped finely
• Coconut - 1 tbsp

To temper:

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely

Method:

1. Wash carrots, remove the outer skin, grate it and keep aside


2. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add curry leaves and fry for a min. Now add green chillies and saute for 2mins.


3. Now add onion and saute well till it turns soft. Add coconut and saute well till it turns light brown.


4. Finally add carrot and mix well, add salt. Saute till all combines well and raw smell of carrots goes off. Take care not to make it very soft, it should slightly crunchy.


5. Switch off and serve with sambar rice or any variety rice.

Health Benefits and few facts about Carrot: [ Source : Google]

• Carrot can improve the appearance of the skin, hair and nails. When taken daily it can lower cholestrol and blood pressure.


• Carrot juice when taken everyday prevent bodily infections . Carrots can regulate blood sugar.It can help improve eyesight.


• The carrot is an excellent vegetable as it has both nutritional and medicinal values which are essential for our optimum health.


• Carrot is an edible root vegetable which is originated from Asia. It gains high respect in Western countries as it has been regarded as the best dishes for its outstanding nutritional and medicinal values. Even Dutch have listed carrot as one of their national dishes.

This tasty carrot stir fry is quick and easy to make. Goes well with any variety rice or sambar rice. And carrots we get here are very fresh as they are straight from ooty and the color is nice fresh orange and they are sweet and tasty too. Coming up next is Eggless choco chip yogurt cookies...Stay tuned!