Carrot fry (carrot poriyal/carrot vepudu)

(South indian carrot fry recipe)

Carrot fry (carrot poriyal/carrot vepudu) ingredients:

• 500g carrots
• 1 cup toor dal
• a pinch of turmeric powder
• 2 green chillies (slit into half)
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 2 garlic flakes, roughly crushed
• 1/2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Carrot fry with toor dal preparation:

• Wash, peel and cut the carrot into small pieces and keep aside.
• Cook the dal with required amount of water.
• Make sure that the dal is not cooked too soft or mushy.
• Heat a pan with oil and add urad dal and crushed garlic flakes.
• Saute till they turn into light golden yellow colour.
• Add green chillies and a pinch of turmeric powder.
• Saute for few seconds and then immediately add chopped carrot and salt.
• Mix well and cover with a lid and cook on low flame till the the carrot become tender.
• In between stir well so that, they don't burn.
• Add cooked toor dal and once again mix well.
• Cook for further 2-3 mins and adjust salt.
• Remove from heat and finaly your easy, tasty and healthy carrot fry is ready to serve.
• Serve hot with spicy and tangy curry, rasam, curd, etc...

prep time: 10 mins

cooking time: 10-15mins

serves: 4-6