Showing posts with label carrot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carrot. Show all posts

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Carrot Kofta Curry

Ingredients:

1 lb carrot shreaded
2 tbs ginger paste
3-4 green chilli chopped finely(optional)
¼ tbs red chilli powder
3-4 tbs besan
Salt
Oil to deep fry

1 big onion chopped
¼ tbs cumin seeds
1 tbs ginger, garlic and green chilli paste
2 tbs tomato paste
2 tbs kofta/curry powder
Salt as per taste
3 tbs oil

Method:

1) Take shredded carrot and squeeze out the water, add ginger paste, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, basan and salt and make small round balls and deep fry these carrot koftas and keep it aside.
2)Heat 3 tbs oil in a frying pan and add 3 tbs cumin seeds and allow it to start popping and then add chopped onion, fry till it get brown and add ginger/garlic/chili paste and fry it for a minute.
3) Add tomato paste, curry powder, salt and ½ cup of water and let it boil. Now add 2-3 cups of water, cover the lid and let it boil for 10-15 minutes, add koftas, stir it let it boil and switch off the gas. Carrot Kofta is ready to serve with rice or roti.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients

1 tb carrot shredded
2 cups milk
2 cups sugar
5-6 tbs of ghee
Fried cashew to garnish
5-6 green cardamom

Method:
1) Take a heavy bottom steel deep frying pan and heat 3 tbs of ghee and fry the shredded carrot for about 3-4 minutes.
2) Add milk to it, mix it properly and cook till the milk evaporates (will take about 40 minutes). Keep stirring in between.
3)Add sugar, crushed cardamom and mix it properly and cook for about 5 more minutes. 4) Garnish with fried cashews and your gazar ke halwa or carrot halwa is ready.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Gaajar Relish (Carrot Relish)

Ingredient:
I big carrot cleaned and shreadded (about 1 cup)
2 inch ginger finely chopped
a pinch of hing
1 green chilli chopped
1/2 tbs mustard seeds
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs oil
5-6 curry leaves
salt as per taste

Method:
1)Heat 1 tbs oil in a frying pan and then add hing and mustard seeds, when it's done cracking, add chopped green chilli, curry leaves and ginger and fry it till you see the color of ginger start changing.
2)Add the shreadded carrot and salt and stirr it and switch off the gas.
3)Add the lemon juice and mix it properly and take it out of the gas and your carrot relish is ready to serve with roti.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Carrot Potato Omelet


Ingredients:
1/4 cup of shredded carrots
1/4 cup of shredded patatoes
1 small red onion sliced
2 chopped green chili
1/2 cup besan (gram dal powder)
2 tbs oil salt as per taste
Method:
1. Mix besan, salt, shredded carrots, potatoes, onion, green chili and water and make a smooth paste.
2. Take a frying pan and heat oil and make omelet with the above better.
3. Let it cook for couple of minutes and then flip it so will cook from other side.
4. Switch off the gas after couple of minutes.
5. Optionally you can add coriander leaves.