Carrot Paruppu Sadam | Carrot Toor dal Rice

Cuisine Style: Erode, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Pickle, chutney, chips | Type : Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• Rice – 1 cup
• Carrot -1 [cut in to cubes]
• Toor dal – ½ cup
• Sambar onion - 6
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp

Seasoning ingredients

• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Peppercorns – 6 [optional]
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 2
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash toor dal and rice.
• In a pressure cooker take rice with toor dal then add cumin seeds, garlic, sambar onion, carrot and turmeric powder. Then add 3 ½ cup of water and cook for 4 whistles.
• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, Bengal, gram, urad dal, dry red chilli and curry leaves.
• Add seasoning ingredients to cooked rice and add salt mix well.
• Serve hot with pickle and chutney