Carrot Thoran

Carrot Thoran is a keralite dish. It is prepared to eaten with white rice. It is super duper and easy dish. Mainly we have to use coconut oil for tempering ingredients.

Ingredients
Finely Chopped Carrots – 2 cups
Soaked Channa Dal – 5 tsp
Sliced Green Chilli - 2
Grated Coconut – ½ cup
Finely Chopped Onions – 5 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
(To Temper)
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tsp
Chopped Garlic – 1 tsp
Chopped Ginger – 1 tsp
Chopped Curry Leaves – few
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
Coconut Oil – 2 tsp
Method
In a kadai, add soaked channa dal, salt, chilli powder, and chopped carrots with little water and cook till it becomes soft and cooked well. Switch off the flame. Keep it aside.

In a pan, heat oil. Add all the ingredients which are under “to temper” one by one and fry for a min.

Then add chopped onions and fry well. Now add grated coconut and fry then mix it well.

Add the cooked carrots and mix well. Then serve with hot steamed rice.