Categories: Rice recipies

Ingredients

• 1. Basumati Rice – 1 cup
• 2. Grated Carrots – 2 cups
• 3. Fresh Green peas – 3/4 cup(can also use the dried one or even frozen)
• Ingredients of Seasoning:
• 1.Masala patha – 2
• 2. Cloves -2
• 3.Cardamom – 1
• 4. Cinnamon – 2″ piece
• 5. Cumin seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• 6. Onions chopped – 1/2 cup
• 7. Tomato chopped – 1/4 cup
• 8. Green chilli – 1
• 9. Cashews – A handful
• 10. Resins – A handful
• 11. Chilli powder – 1 Teaspoon
• 12. Turmeric powder – 1 Teaspoon
• 13. Garam masala powder – 1 /2 Teaspoon(Plain without chilli powder)
• 14. Dhania-jeera powder – 1 Teaspoon
• 15. Cooking oil – 2-3 Tablespoons
• 15. Salt -To taste

Directions

1. Wash, peel and grate carrots fine and keep it aside. Also wash and drain water from rice too.

2. Wash and chop Tomatoes fine, Wash, peal and chop onions lengthwise as well and keep it aside as shown in image 2.

3. Place a cooker with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in it on medium flame. When heated add slit green chilli, Masala patha to it. When fried add cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon sticks. When fried add cashews and resins to it and stir well. When fried, add chopped tomatoes from step 2 to it and when it turns mushy add chopped onions from step 2 to it. Add required quantity of salt to it and allow it to turn transparent stiring every now and then.

4. Add Turmeric powder, chilli powder, dhania- jeera powder and garam masala powder in a row. Finally add green peas and grated carrots to it and fry it on low flame only.

5. Add Basumati rice from step 1to it and fry for a minute. Add required quantity of water to it and cook as usual for around 20 minutes

6. Ready to serve Carrot Rice is as shown in the image below. Enjoy with raitha of your choice.

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