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    Home » Variety Rice » Carrot Rice

    Carrot Rice

    Posted on December 4, 2016 · Last Updated on February 2, 2021 · By Srividhya G · 14 Comments

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    A simple and delicious lunch box recipe with the goodness of carrots and assorted spices. Here comes my lip-smacking carrot rice with grated carrots.

    Carrot Palya Rice

    So yesterday I posted a starter recipe with carrot, and today it’s going to be the main course recipe with carrots. Here comes my carrot rice. Err honestly I am not sure how to name this recipe. These are some of the names that I was contemplating with: carrot palya rice, carrot masala baath, masala rice, carrot pulao. I even thought of calling it as carrot biryani, but I didn’t use any mint leaves or dry masalas, so I finally gave it a generic name – Carrot rice. :-)

    The main reason behind the naming confusion was because of all the dry powders or masalas that I used for this recipe. I used sambar powder, garam masala, and dagad phool (black stone) powder. I prepared the grated carrot palya/dry curry and then mixed the rice – tada carrot rice is ready. Yes, it’s as simple as that. The addition of dagad phool powder enhanced the flavors, and it tasted like biryani sans mint leaves. This grated carrot curry is a perfect stuffing for parathas too. So either you can prepare rice with it or parathas or just serve it as rice accompaniment.

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    Without any further ado, here comes the carrot rice – A perfect and flavorful lunch box recipe prepared with grated carrots. It’s a simple recipe, but it’s as delicious as a biryani.

    Ingredients:

    • Oil – 2 tsps.
    • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
    • Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
    • Half of the medium-sized onion chopped
    • Curry leaves – 6 to 7 leaves
    • Grated Carrots – approx. 2 cups (I used three carrots)
    • Sambar Podi – 1 tsp
    • Garam Masala – ½ tsp
    • Kal Paasi Powder/Dagad Phool Powder – ¼ tsp
    • Green chili – 1
    • Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
    • Salt – 1.5 tsps.
    • Rice – 1 cup
    • Water – 3 tbsps. + 2 cups (for rice)

    Prep – Work:

    • Peel the carrot skin and grate them.
    • Cook the rice in your preferred way. I cooked the rice in my pressure cooker. For 1 cup of rice, I used 2 cups of water. Once cooked, let the rice cool down.
    • Chop the onions and green chili.

    Carrot Rice Recipe with Step-Wise Pictures-

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    • In a kadai, heat the oil.
    • Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds and fennel seeds.
    • As the mustard seeds start to splutter, add the chopped onions and green chilies.
    • Sauté for a minute and add the curry leaves and cook until the onion turns translucent.
    • Now add the chopped carrot and mix well.
    • Add the dry masalas (sambar podi, garam masala, dagad phool powder, turmeric powder) and salt and mix well.
    • Sprinkle 3 tbsps. of water and cover and cook for 2 minutes.
    • Now remove the lid and cook until the water evaporates.

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    • So now the palya/dry curry is ready.
    • Add the cooked rice and mix well. Make sure the carrot mix is nicely incorporated.

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    That’s it. Carrot rice is ready. This is a perfect lunch box recipe. Serve it with raita or chips.

    Recipe Notes

    • Along with carrots, other veggies can be used, or carrot can be replaced with veggies of your choice.
    • Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
    • If using the black stone flower, a small 1-inch piece is sufficient.
    • If you can’t source black stone flower powder, you can substitute with fennel powder or add more garam masala.
    • Ghee/Clarified butter can be used instead of oil, but as I wanted to keep it vegan, I went with oil.

     Sending this for BM 71. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#71http://www.spicingyourlife.in/blogging-marathon

    Other Vegetarian Recipes with Carrots-

    • Carrot ginger soup
    • Instant Carrot pickle
    • Carrot dosa
    • Carrot salad

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    Carrot Rice

    Vegan and gluten free carrot rice - A perfect and flavorful lunch box recipe prepared with grated carrots. This may sound simple but it’s as delicious as a biryani.
    Prep Time15 minutes mins
    Cook Time25 minutes mins
    Total Time40 minutes mins
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 113kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Equipment

    • Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker to cook rice
    • Sauce pan or kadai

    Ingredients

    • 2 tsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
    • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
    • ½ Onion chopped
    • 7 Curry leaves
    • 2 cups Carrots grated, I used 3 carrots
    • 1 tsp Sambar Podi
    • ½ tsp Garam Masala
    • ¼ Dagad Phool Powder kalpaasi
    • 1 Green chili
    • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
    • 1.5 tsp Salt
    • 1 cup Rice
    • 3 cups Water plus 3 tbsps

    Instructions

    Prep – Work

    • Peel the carrot skin and grate them.
    • Cook the rice in your preferred way. I cooked the rice in my pressure cooker. For 1 cup of rice, I used 2 cups of water. Once cooked, let the rice cool down.
    • Chop the onions and green chilli.

    Steps

    • In a kadai, heat the oil.
    • Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds and fennel seeds.
    • As the mustard seeds starts to splutter, add the chopped onions and green chillies.
    • Sauté for a minute and add the curry leaves and cook until the onion turns translucent.
    • Now add the chopped carrot and mix well.
    • Add the dry masalas (sambar podi, garam masala, dagad phool powder, turmeric powder) and salt and mix well.
    • Sprinkle 3 tbsps. of water and cover and cook for 2 minutes.
    • Now remove the lid and cook until the water evaporates.
    • So now the palya/dry curry is ready.
    • Add the cooked rice and mix well. Make sure the carrot mix is nicely incorporated.
    • That’s it. Carrot rice is ready. This is perfect lunch box recipe. Serve it with raita or chips.

    Notes

    • Along with carrots, other veggies can be used or carrot can be replaced with veggies of your choice.
    • Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
    • If using the black stone flower, a small 1-inch piece is sufficient.
    • If you can’t source black stone flower powder, you can substitute with fennel powder or add more garam masala.
    • Ghee/Clarified butter can be used instead of oil, but as I wanted to keep it vegan I went with oil.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 113kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 964mg | Potassium: 239mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 10758IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    Filed Under: Blogging Marathon, Carrot, Lunchbox Recipes, Variety Rice, Vegetables Tagged With: Blogging Marathon, carrot biryani, carrot masala baath, carrot palya rice, carrot pulao., carrot recipes, carrot rice, gluten free, how to prepare carrot rice, lunch box, lunch box recipe, lunch box recipes, masala rice, Vegan, vegan carrot rice

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    Comments

    1. Srivalli Jetti says

      September 19, 2017 at 10:29 pm

      This rice sounds fantastic Srividhya, I too have a similar carrot rice and my daughter loves it..

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        September 20, 2017 at 8:29 am

        oh nice. Will check yours as well.

        Reply
    2. Pavani says

      December 19, 2016 at 11:09 am

      Vidhya, that carrot rice looks amazing. So flavorful and delicious and so simple to make too.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 23, 2016 at 6:43 pm

        Thanks Pavani.

        Reply
    3. Harini-Jaya R says

      December 14, 2016 at 3:15 pm

      Love carrot rice in all forms. Addition of sambar powder is interesting.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 15, 2016 at 7:23 am

        :-) Thanks

        Reply
    4. Priya Suresh says

      December 09, 2016 at 3:59 am

      One of our favourite rice to pack in our lunch box, i do this rice quite often.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 11, 2016 at 1:49 pm

        :-) :-) Yup, its super perfect for lunch box

        Reply
    5. cookingwithsapana says

      December 08, 2016 at 9:04 am

      Carrot rice looks so yummy. My kind of meal, satisfying and healthy.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 11, 2016 at 1:56 pm

        Yup. Thanks :-)

        Reply
    6. CHCooks says

      December 05, 2016 at 1:59 am

      hahaha the name confusion happens and I think carrot rice is very apt! :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 05, 2016 at 7:15 pm

        Thanks :-)

        Reply
    7. Padma says

      December 04, 2016 at 9:27 am

      Very healthy and appetising meal…These kind of one pot meals are my to go recipes!!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        December 05, 2016 at 7:17 pm

        True.. Same here love these one pot meals. Thanks Padma.

        Reply
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