Nutritious Carrot Rice

  It had been another tiring day. Meetings, reports, to do items. Not always I manage to stick to the routine and run around in synch with the clock. I like falling off routine and that helps break monotony. It was one such a day. I brought my daughter back from school around 11:30 AM and then was deeply absorbed into my laptop and work. Didn't realize the passing of time. Oops it is almost 1:30 PM :(  I need a quick remedy to quench hunger. Thus made my choice....

      Hence resorted to quick make, nutritious carrot rice.

Verdict:  Quick to make, good to taste and nutritious too. My daughter finished her share and asked for more. And more to it, she fed herself. Thanks to this humble recipe.

Ingredients :

              White Rice  - cooked from 1 Cup of rice
              Grated Carrot  - 2 Cups
              Spices : Cumin Powder, Coriander Powder, Chilli Powder, Turmeric , Kitchen King Masala
              Ginger grated or mortared
              Cumin seeds
              Coriander leaves
              Sesame Oil
              Salt

Way to go:

             Cook the rice enough to serve the people you are targeting. I used a 2 ltr cooker and it was done in a short span of time. Once rice is done, allow it to cool and spread on a plate and ensure rice is not mushy. Now lets make the carrot mix.

•             Grate the carrots. 
•             Mix all spices with very little water
•             Heat little oil in a kadai and crackle the Jeera seeds. 
•             Add grated ginger and cook it well in low flame.
•             Note: You can also saute crushed garlic, and chopped onions before you proceed to next step. But I wanted avoid the taste of onion and garlic.
•            Pour the spices and cook in low flame for 3 to 4 seconds.
•            Quickly add the grated carrot and cook the carrot soft and till it blends well with the spices.
•             Add salt to taste and cook for few mts.Let all taste blend well.
•             Add chopped Coriander leaves to the above mixture and mix well. 
•             Taste it once and if needed adjust salt or spices to match your taste. 
•             Turn off the flame and allow it cool.             

 Now take the carrot mix, and mix it well gently with rice using your hand. If you want it warm, you can quickly warm the carrot rice in your microwave oven before you eat. Serve it with Papads or fryums. Pack it for your kids lunch box for a change.