Carrot Peanut Pulao is a simple, healthy, colourful and yummy rice which is very ideal for Lunch box. The crunchy bite of peanuts with carrot roasted in fresh spices make this pulao very special...
Boiled Rice from 250 gms of raw rice or Basmathi rice
Grated carrots 2 cupsFrom 4 or 5 Carrots
Roasted peanuts 3 tb spoons
Chopped onions 3 tb spoons
Finely chopped Garlic 2 tea spoons
Chopped capsicum 2 tb spoons
Slitted green chillies 2
Butter 1 tb spoon Oil 1 tb spoon and Salt to taste
For spice powder:
Heat a pan and dry roast the following items to light brown and powder them and keep aside.
Coriander seeds 1 tb spoon Red chillies 3 Cloves 4Cinnamon stick 1 inch piece ,Anise Seed 1/2 ,cardamom pod 1
Instructions
Heat a broad pan with butter and oil. Saute it with cumin seeds.
Once they splutter fry the chopped garlic till they become golden and then fry onions for a minute then add the capsicum.
Fry for another minute. Now add the powdered spices and give a stir.
Then add the grated carrot to the pan with required salt. Give stirs for half minute. Add the roasted peanuts and mix well.
At this stage transfer this stuff to the broad bowl that has boiled rice. Mix gently with a ladle without breaking the rice grains. garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve or pack with any crisps or raitha.