Ingredients

• 1 cup - Raw Rice
• 4 - Carrots (big)
• 1 cup - Shelled Peas
• 1 - Tomato
• 2 or 3 - Red Chillies (according to taste)
• 5 - Green Chillies (according to taste)
• 3 - Onions
• 1/2 cup - Grated Coconut
• 2 tbsp - Ghee
• 10 - Cashew nuts (optional)
• 1 tsp - Khus Khus
• Curry Leaves - A few
• Coriander leaves - A few
• Salt to taste
• Juice of one lime

How to Make Carrot Peas Bhath

• Fry the red chillies and khus khus in a little ghee.
• Add this to the coconut and onions and grind into a paste.
• Chop the tomato, mix it with the lime juice and keep aside.
• Boil 3 cups of water and add the rice.
• When it is three-fourths cooked, add salt.
• Once the rice is cooked, add a table spoon of ghee.
• Sautee the carrots, green chillies, and peas in the remaining ghee. Also fry the cashew nuts.
• When it is half cooked, add the ground masala and half a cup of water.
• Stir well and keep cooking till the gravy thickens and the carrots and peas are well cooked.
• Add the rice and mix well.
• Now add the tomato-lime mixture.
• Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
• Serve hot.