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Carrot Rice Recipe | Kids Lunch Box Ideas

Carrot Rice Recipe with step by step pictures
Carrot rice is quick lunch box recipe and a great way to feed vegetables for kids. It is so easy to make, rich in flavor and an extraordinary dish. Children who hate to eat vegetables will love this type of carrot rice. This can also done with left over rice. Make this at home and let me know your feedback.
Carrot Rice Recipe

Carrot Rice

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch Box Ideas
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 2 cups
Carrots - 1.5 cup
Big Onion - 1, small
Green chilli - 2(adjust to taste)
Ginger - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp, optional
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Cloves - 3
Cardamom - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Coriander leaves - 1 tblspn
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tblspn

Optional:
Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method:

Soak 1 cup of basmati rice in water for 20 minutes and drain the water. Pressure cook the rice adding 1.75 cups of water for 2 whistles over medium flame. Once pressure subsides, fluff the rice and cool it.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters. Add in cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and cumin seeds. Let the cumin seeds crackle.

Then add finely chopped ginger, green chilli and curry leaves. Stir fry for a minute. To this, add the chopped onion and saute till it becomes translucent.

Once onion becomes soft, add the grated carrot and stir fry for 5 to 10 minutes or till the carrot gets cooked. Stir for every 10 seconds.

Once carrot gets cooked, add in turmeric, salt followed by cooked rice. Mix well and check for salt. Stir well for 1 or 2 minutes and put off the flame.

Serve.
Pictorial:
Ingredients for carrot rice
Keep all your ingredients ready
cook basmati rice
Soak the 1 cup of basmati rice for 20 minutes and drain the water. Pressure cook adding 1.75 cup of water for 2 whistles over medium flame. When the pressure subsides, fluff the rice and cool it
pop mustard seeds
In a vessel, heat 2 tablespoon of oil and add mustard seeds. Wait till it splutters
add seasoning
Add in cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and cumin. Let the cumin seeds crackle
green chilli, ginger
Add in chopped green chilli, ginger and curry leaves. Saute for a minute
saute onion
Then, add the chopped onion and stir fry till it becomes translucent
grated carrot
To this, add the grated coconut and stir fry for 5to 10  minutes
turmeric
Once the carrot gets cooked, add in turmeric
salt
salt to taste
add cooked rice
and add the cooked rice
stir fry
Mix well and stir fry for a minute. Check for salt and put off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Carrot Rice Recipe
Serve!

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