easy carrot rice recipe | carrot pulao recipe | carrot pulav recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 Serving
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
  • 1 carrot (grated)
  • 2 tsp ghee / clarified butter
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
  • few curry leaves
  • 10 cashews (whole / cut)
  • ¼ onion (finely chopped)
  • 2 green chilli (slit lengthwise)
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • salt to taste

Method

  1. firstly, in wide pan, take a tsp of ghee. optionally, you can use oil.
  2. furthermore, add mustard seeds, jeera and curry leaves. allow to splutter.
  3. additionally, add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
  4. once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add chopped onions and green chilli. fry till they turn translucent.
  5. time to add grated carrot and fry for a minute till they shrink and change its colour.
  6. once the carrot are cooked, add turmeric powder and salt to taste. give a good stir.
  7. also add cooked rice.
  8. furthermore, mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
  9. finally. serve carrot rice with raita or as it is.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.