Carrot Rice

Lunch
Dinner
Variety Rice
Carrot
Kids Favorite
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Looking for something, colorful, flavorful and indeed very tasty recipe for kids lunch box? Here goes a delicious rice dish made of carrots. Carrot rice has hints of sweet due to carrot and its spicy with the cinnamon flavor we used. Now, I make it.. very often and my family just loves this yummy pulao..:)

Ingredients

Raw rice - 1 cup

Carrots - 2 to 3

Oil - 2 tbsp

Cumin - 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Onion - 1

Green chilly - 2

Cumin pwd - 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon pwd - ½ tsp

Garam masala pwd - 1 tsp

White pepper pwd - ½ tsp

Lemon juice - few drops

Salt to taste

Fresh coriander leaves

Instructions

1.

Wash and soak raw rice for 10 mins in water

2.

Drain the water and pressure cook along with 2 cups of water

3.

Once the pressure goes off, spread the cooked rice in a wide bowl by adding a tsp of cooking oil

4.

Wash and grate carrots to fine shreds

5.

Slice onion and keep ready

6.

Heat oil in a fry pan

7.

Add cumin and wait to crackle

8.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute

9.

Add green chilly and saute

10.

Add sliced onions and fry till it turns light brown

11.

Add cumin pwd, cinnamon pwd, salt and garam masala pwd

12.

Mix well

13.

Add grated carrots and stir fry in high flame for a minute

14.

Now simmer the flame, sprinkle white pepper pwd and lemon juice

15.

Mix well

16.

Add cooked rice and fluff gently

17.

Turn off flame

18.

Flavorful and healthy Carrot Rice is ready

19.

Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves

20.

Serve hot with cucumber raitha, pickle or any side dish of your choice

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