Recipe - Carrot and Toor dal curry

Recipe - Carrot and Toor dal curry (Carrot kandi pappu koora/Carrot poriyal/Gajar ki sabzi)


Carrots cooked with Pigeon Peas

Summary:

Carrots can be eaten in different ways, raw, steamed, in soups, in cakes or in sweets like carrot halwa. Carrot is high in dietary fiber,antioxidants, beta carotene and vitamin A. It is believed that consuming carrots makes a persons eye sight better. I cook and feed my family carrot in all the different forms to take advantage of the nutritional value of carrots.

Vegetable cooking with dal is a very common practise in south India. My kids love this dish, as it has little or no spice added.

Carrot curry prepared with dal should not be spicy. Do not add red chilli powder or any kind of extra spices to this. This curry has a nice flavor to itself with the combination of dal and vegetable. One dish covers it all.

As it is summer vacation in the US, I am quite busy with kids schedule and my work schedule, I am also planning on going to California for vacation. So, I will be posting recipe, whenever time permits, I will try and post at least two or three recipes a week. Thank you for the readership!!! I appreciate it.

Ingredients:

  • Carrots - 4 cups approximately (shredded/cut)
  • Curry leaves - 1 stalk
  • Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Coconut - 2 heaping tablespoons (grated or powder)
  • Toor dal - 1/2 cup (pressure cook 1/2 cup of dal with 1 cup of water for 1 whistle)

Seasoning:

  • Chana dal (bengal gram) - 1 tablespoon
  • Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Hing (asafoetida) - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Red chillies - 1
  • Oil - 1 tablespoon.

Process:

Preheat wok/kadai with oil at medium high temperature. Add chana dal, cumin and mustard seeds. Let seeds splutter. Add red chillies, hing and curry leaves. Let the chillies roast for few seconds. Add carrots to the seasoning. Cover carrots, cook them for 5 minutes at medium high temperature.

Now add pre-cooked toor dal to the half cooked carrots seasoning. Mix well, cook for 5 - 10 minutes to ensure all the ingredients are cooked well.

Once carrot curry is cooked, add grated coconut. Mix it well and turn off the stove.

Decorate/Garnish with coconut powder. Serve hot with rice or roti.

Preparation time - 20 - 30 minutes.
# Servings - 4 - 6


Comments

Sum Raj said…
hey this is new recipe for me.....looks colourful and awsome...
amna said…
this is a great idea to finish off left over carrots :)
Anonymous said…
We cook various vegetables in combination with kandipappu like cabbage, green beans and snake gaurd. Love all the variations, sure it tastes better with carrot too.
notyet100 said…
nice pics,...nd yummy recipe too
Unknown said…
Looks delicious.nice pic.. fantastic click
Shreya said…
hi Devi Priya, thanks! your carrot recipe is so useful, and lovely colors too. Looks yum:-)
KALVA said…
Yep my mom makes this the same way/.. nice pics
ST said…
I also make the same way.Urs look yummy.....
Chef Jeena said…
Yummy I love carrots so much! :-)
Anonymous said…
this one is new for me - but a nice combi - healthy and tasty! thanks for sharing devi priya
Cynthia said…
This is what I love about food blogging... It never occured to me that these two ingredients would marry so well.
Srinivas said…
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Devi Priya said…
Thank you all for the wonderful comments. My kids love this curry and can eat it atleast once in a week :-)
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Kitchen said…
thanks for the recipe! appears to be a great dish! going to try it sometime! hope to see more nice recipes here!
facial surgery said…
Here The dish looks fantastic. I love this dish and Its so colourful, healthy and testy. The pictures looks really awesome.
Carots are very rich in vitamins. I like your wonderful recipe on carrots