Ingredients

• Basmati rice - 2 cups
• Carrot - 4
• Onion - 1, medium-sized
• Coconut - 4 tbsp, grated
• Green chilli - 5
• Poppy seed - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Mustard oil for seasoning
• Ghee (optional) for frying
• Cashewnuts (optional) - a few
• salt to taste

How to Make Carrot Rice with ghee

• Boil the rice with salt and let it cool in a large tray.
• Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the poppy seeds and chopped onions.
• Make a paste of the fried poppy seeds, fried onions, coconut and green chillies.
• Grate the carrots.
• Heat oil in pan and add the mustard seeds.
• Add the grated carrots, onion paste, turmeric and salt.
• Cover and cook until the carrots are done (approximately 10 minutes). Add ghee if you desire.
• Mix the cooked carrots and rice.
• Fry the cashewnuts in ghee and add before serving.