Carrot Curry / Carrot Poriyal

Carrots are a good source of Beta Carotene , Vitamin A, antioxidants, dietary fibre and minerals. As we all know, Vitamin A deficiency cause poor vision and night vision loss. By including carrots in the daily diet, this deficiency can be rectified to some level. During my childhood, I used to see carrots in sambar, upma, any subzi, plain subzi, etc.,in my home. Carrots and greens were mostly included in the daily food menu. Well, some people might not consider this Carrot Curry at all and cannot imagine making a separate curry/subzi with carrots alone. !!!!( Even my husband thinks so!!!). Its better for them to have raw carrots in salads, doubly happy to eat carrot halwa as much as they can. But inclusion of carrot curry in the daily menu cannot be avoided by me as I am a veggie lover. So I try to twist the carrot curry in different ways and make it special. This is one of the varieties of carrot curry I make. Try this out with fresh carrots and you will surely enjoy this curry.

Ingredients

Fresh Carrots -  1 Bunch ( Around 6-7 Medium )

White Onion - 1/2

Oil - 3 tsp

Hing / Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 2 tsp

Jeera / Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad Dal / Ulutham Paruppu / Minna Pappu - 2 tsp

Curry Leaves - 5 or 6

Dry Red Chillies - 2 Medium

Salt - To Taste

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

For the Powder

Groundnuts / Kadalai / Peanuts - 2 tbsp

Black Peppercorns - 2

Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Dry Red Chillies - 1 Medium

Procedure

• Roast the ingredients mentioned under the "Powder" slightly and grind them into a fine powder and keep it ready.
• Wash and peel the carrots and cut them into small squares. Cut the onion into small pieces and keep it ready.
• In the cooking pan, add the oil first for tempering. Add the ingredients for tempering in order and when its done, add the onion pieces and fry them for a minute.
• Add the cut carrots with little turmeric powder and some water.
• Cover the cooking pan with a lid and allow the carrots to get cooked thoroughly.
• After 6-7 minutes, open the lid and add the grounded powder into the pan. Add required amount of salt too into the pan. Mix everything thoroughly for 3-4 minutes.
• Switch off the flame. Serve this with white rice or any other rice combo.