Easy Carrot Rice recipe is a popular rice dish from TamilNadu, which can be popularly called as Carrot Sadam in Tamil. This variety rice recipe is very mild, tasty and so flavorful. Carrot rice can be paired simply with pickles or papadum/Vadam for a delicious meal.
Though simple plain rice and sambar is my all-time favorite, sometimes I like to change things up and make something different with rice. A few of my favorite rice recipes are peanut rice recipe and this carrot Rice recipe.
This carrot rice recipe is very popular in South India. It’s tempered with spices like cumin seeds and has fresh turmeric for flavor & color (tips from HomeCooking) and Freshly grated carrots(main ingredient). This Carrot Rice Recipe is pretty straight forward to make and makes a great quick lunch or meal.
How I made this Carrot Rice?
Firstly, I cooked rice with flavorful spices like cinnamon, clove, star anise, and cardamom & salt. Separately in a Kadai tempered the cumin seeds, sauteed the onion, garlic, and chili. For Colour I have added the fresh turmeric(home remedy for CoronaVirus), and then the freshly grated carrots. Finally added the rice and ghee, tossed and serve the hot carrot rice.
More healthy variety Rice recipes for Kids Lunch Box, Easy Kothamalli Rice Recipe, Baby Corn Fried Rice Recipe, Karuveppilai Sadam Recipe, Narthangai Sadam recipe, simple fried rice recipe, Masale Bhat Recipe, Gobi 65 Rice Recipe.
Carrot rice recipe video:
Carrot rice recipe, Carrot Sadam with fresh carrots(recipe card):
- To cook the rice we need:
- 1 cup Long GrainBasmati Rice/பாஸ்மதி அரிசி
- 1.5 cup water/தண்ணீர்
- 2-3 Cloves/கிராம்பு
- 1 inch Cinnamon/இலவங்கப்பட்டை
- 2 cardamom/ஏலக்காய்
- 2 Bay Leaves/பே இலைகள்
- 1 tsp salt/உப்பு
- To make Carrot rice we need:
- 1 tbsp oil/எண்ணெய்
- 1 tsp cumin seeds/சீரகம்
- 2-3 Cloves/கிராம்பு
- 1 inch Cinnamon/இலவங்கப்பட்டை
- 1 cup Onion finely chopped/வெங்காயம்
- 2 tsp Garlic finely chopped/பூண்டு
- 2-3 Green Chilli Slit into half/பச்சை மிளகாய்
- 1-inch fresh raw turmeric grated/பச்சை மஞ்சள்
- 2 medium-sized fresh carrots grated/கேரட்
- 1 tbsp ghee/நெய்
- Coriander leaves for garnish/கொத்தமல்லி
- 1 tsp salt/உப்பு
- Rinse rice until water turns clear. Soak the rice for 15 mins and then transfer to a pressure cooker/electric cooker with 1.5 cups of water.
- Cook for 2 to 3 whistles if pressure cooker. You can also cook in your Instant pot, high pressure for 5 minutes with natural pressure release. Once the rice is cooked, fluff it with a fork and transfer to a large bowl and let it cool down.
- Heat oil/ghee in a pan, add the cumin seeds, cinnamon & cloves. Let the cumin seeds to splutter & then add finely chopped garlic, green chili, onion, saute well till onion turns light brown, add grated fresh raw turmeric, grated carrots, salt & saute everything well.
- Add the Cooked rice and ghee mix well with the rice without breaking the rice.
- Finally, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
To get Perfect Yellow Colour Carrot rice to use the fresh raw turmeric, if not Turmeric powder.
After the rice is cooked, let it rest for at least 5 minutes before fluffing it with a fork. It will make sure the grains do not break while fluffing it.
Ghee adds a very delicious flavor to the rice, so do not skip it.
Slightly crushing the whole spices before adding them, will make the flavor stand out even more.
To make a variation of this carrot rice recipe, you can add grated beetroot. It will impart a very different flavor to the rice.
Step by Step Carrot Rice Recipe, How to make carrot Sadam(Tamil Style):
1. Rinse rice until water turns clear. Soak the rice for 15 mins and then transfer to a pressure cooker/electric cooker with 1.5 cups of water.
Cook for 2 to 3 whistles if pressure cooker. You can also cook in your Instant pot, high pressure for 5 minutes with natural pressure release. Once the rice is cooked, fluff it with a fork and transfer to a large bowl and let it cool down.
2. Heat oil/ghee in a pan, add the cumin seeds, cinnamon & cloves. Let the cumin seeds to splutter & then add finely chopped garlic, green chili, onion, saute well till onion turns light brown.
3. add grated fresh raw turmeric, grated carrots, salt & saute everything well.
4. Add the Cooked rice and ghee mix well with the rice without breaking the rice. Finally, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
TIPS TO MAKE BEST CARROT RICE RECIPE:
1. Use long grain Basmati rice to make this carrot rice recipe, the fragrance will be amazing. I have used India Gate Basmati Rice to make this carrot rice.
2. To get Perfect Yellow Colour Carrot rice to use the fresh raw turmeric, if not Turmeric powder.
3. After the rice is cooked, let it rest for at least 5 minutes before fluffing it with a fork. It will make sure the grains do not break while fluffing it.
4. Ghee adds a very delicious flavor to the rice, so do not skip it.
5.S lightly crushing the whole spices before adding them, will make the flavor stand out even more.
6. To make a variation of this carrot rice recipe, you can add grated beetroot. It will impart a very different flavor to the rice.
Some Lunch Box Menu Recipes Like Mint Chana Pulao, Yakini Pulao, Beets Pulao, Lemon Rice Recipe, Paneer 65 fried rice, Arisi Upma.
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