Carrot rice recipe | How to make carrot rice | Easy carrot rice
By Latha on November 9th, 2020
Carrot rice recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Carrot rice is a very easy and tasty rice recipe. It can be prepared using leftover rice or fresh rice. No grinding is involved in this carrot rice recipe. This carrot rice is a perfect lunch box recipe.
If you are looking for more carrot recipes, then do check our carrot sasive, carrot payasa, carrot kosambari, carrot paratha, carrot halwa and carrot juice recipes. You can also find one easy and tasty beans palya recipe.
This carrot recipe makes use of saarina pudi or rasam powder. You can find 2 rasam powder recipes on this website like udupi rasam powder and mysore rasam powder. I have used 1 tsp of saarina pudi or rasam powder in this recipe, which you can adjust as per your taste. Also if you don't have rasam powder, then you can add any other powder of your choice. Or you can simple add some garam masala and some chilli powder. You can also adjust the other ingredients like salt and lemon juice as per your taste.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style ricebath recipes, then do check my easy bisi bele bath, corn pulav, lemon rice, ghee rice, pongal, gorikayi rice bath, vangi bath, cabbage rice or cabbage bath, puliyogare and pudina pulao recipes.
Or if you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 2 tbsp peanuts or shenga
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 1 - 2 green chilli finely chopped
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1 large or 2 medium sized carrot
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp saarina pudi or rasam powder
- 1 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Instructions for making carrot rice:
- Grate the carrot and keep all other ingredients ready.
- Heat oil in a pan. Roast 2 tbsp of peanuts.
- Prepare tempering with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and cashews. Give a quick mix and wait until mustard seeds start to splutter.
- Next add in chopped green chillies, ginger and curry leaves. Saute for a while.
- Add in grated carrot and fry for a minute.
- Add in turmeric powder, salt and rasam powder.
- Fry until raw smell of carrot is gone.
- Add in cooked rice.
- Give a good mix.
- Add in grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice.
- Switch off the stove and give a good mix. Serve it or pack it for the lunch box
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