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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Carrot Pachadi

It's been a while since I posted a chutney/pachadi recipe and so today thought of posting one of my favorite pachadi recipes. This Andhra style carrot pachadi happens to be a 'not so sweet' kind, inspite of carrots being the main ingredient in the recipe. This one is on the spicy - tangy side with subdued sweetness and works well with any Indian style breakfast items or with some hot, steamed rice and a spoon of ghee.



Ingredients:
3 small sized carrots - peeled & cubed (about 1 cup)
1 tsp each - chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds
4 - 6 red chilies (depending upon the spiciness preferred.)
1 tsp tamarind flakes
2 - 3 tsp oil
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt to taste

The 'How' part:
Heat oil in a small sauté pan and add chanadal, urad dal and mustard seeds. When dals start to turn reddish, add chillies and asafoetida. Sauté for a few seconds and add the chopped carrot and tamarind. On low heat, cook covered till the carrot cubes are tender.
Cool the mixture. Add enough salt and grind into a coarser paste.

This is going to be a part of
1. My Healing Foods - Carrot, an event originally started by Siri.
2. PJ's Vegetable Marathon - Carrot, an event started by Silpa.

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15 comments:

Suji said...

ohhw my..looks at that pachadi..looks soo good and love love love the color Suma, super picture..

Love
Kairali sisters

Kiran said...

Carrot pachadi chala bagundi.Nice and colorful pic.

Simplyfood said...

This dish sounds wonderful and tasty.almost looks like crarot chutney.

Swathi said...

Carrot pachadi looks really good.

Unknown said...

Looks wonderful !!! What a beautiful color.

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

lovely color of carrot chutney..looks awesome...

Prema said...

Wow!!! pachadi luks fantastic,Wounderfull colour...

Torviewtoronto said...

looks delicious

Satya said...

hi suma
carrot pachadi looks awesome n delicious...wonderful color ...yummy pachadi...i will make this soon
if time permits do visit my blog

http://superyummyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Nitha said...

looks great.. colourful ... yumm...

Priya Suresh said...

Such a beautiful pachadi, very pleasant colour and tempting..

Padhu Sankar said...

I love carrot raitha very much! Looks colorful.Do drop by
http://padhuskitchen.blogspot.com
when time permits

Usha said...

Looks and sounds wonderful !

kitchen queen said...

the carrot pachadi looks so yum and tempting.

Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

Colorful pachadi..Looks very good !!!