Carrot Rice

My today's  recipe is a simple Carrot Rice.It is a quick and easy dish which will be ready in few minutes . Perfect to pack for Lunch. Usually in the mornings I will be multi tasking from cooking lunch, preparing breakfast, getting Thaara ready to school, running behind Tejas etc., (this explains the burnt peanuts in the rice ;) ) There are certain days where I will be hardly left with time to cook anything elaborate, such days I cook something simple like  this Carrot Rice.

What are the ingredients needed?

Cooked Rice, 3 cups

Grated Carrots, 1.5 cups

Oil, 2 Tablespoon

Mustard Seeds, 1/2 teaspoon

Chana Dhal/Kadala Paruppu, 1 Tablespoon

Raw peanuts, 1/4 cup

Onion(Chopped), 1 no.

Green Chillies, 2 nos.

Ginger Garlic paste, 1 teaspoon.

Salt to taste

Lemon juice, 2 Tablespoon

Cilantro, to garnish.

How it is made?

1. Heat oil in a skillet.  Then add mustard seeds and when they crack, add kadala paruppu and raw peanuts and roast for a minute or two.
2. Then add the green chillies and onions and saute till onions turn translucent. 
3. Then add ginger garlic paste, mix well and add the grated carrots, required salt (just right enough for Carrots) , mix well, cover the skillet and let it cook, till the carrots are done.
4. Then mix the cooked rice to this carrot mixture. Add the remaining salt as per your taste (for rice) and lemon juice and mix well. Finally garnish with Cilantro.

Serve the rice warm. It serves 2 .