Carrot Rice with Spring Onions

Hope everyone had a lovely diwali celebrations. As for me, this year its a limited Diwali event. We are just recovering from our jetlag and being put up in a tiny service apartment with a tiny kitchenette (very true to its name), never feel like celebrating. Yep! your guess is right. We are going to begin yet another chapter in our life. We just made a transatlantic move from New Jersey to Munich! Even though am used to relocating often and know very well that this is going continue for sometime, heart and body do not agree with it at all. New Place, new people, the need to fit in and above all, the anxiety and nervousness to start all over again!! As the mind is racing to catch up with these things, the initial days are now spent recuperating from loneliness and disinterest.

So when the heart is not set in its place, even enjoying a cup of tea is getting difficult. I am so glad I chose this theme. Being in a temporary accommodation with a kitchenette, it helps me get through this transition phase. I need not make elaborate meals and worry about doing the dishes in this scaled-down area. All I need is my precious cooker that has endured me for the past five years! Ill save it for the next post - to vaunt about my prestige! To start off, we have a mildly spiced rice that is enhanced naturally by the flavours of the fresh sweet carrots and the greens. A very healthy one pot meal that can be prepared in no time.

Mamidikaya Pappu | Mango Dal | Mangai Paruppu

Carrot Pulav with Spring Onions

Mildly spiced spice rice enhanced with natural flavours from carrots and greens.

Prep Time: 10 Mins | Cook Time: 15 Mins | Total Time: 25 Mins | Serves: 2

Ingredients

1 Cup Rice, preferably Basmati rice
1 teaspoon Oil
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon Butter or oil
1 Medium sized Onion, finely chopped
2 Cups finely diced Carrots
¼ cup peas
2 Spring Onions, finely chopped (white & green separate)
1 tablespoon minced Garlic
1 teaspoon minced Ginger
¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
½ teaspoon Cumin powder
1 teaspoon Coriander powder
½ teaspoon Red chilli powder (or more if needed)
Salt to taste
Few finely chopped coriander for garnishing

Instructions

Pressure cook the rice with little oil and salt. Let it cool and then fluff it up with a fork to separate grains.
Heat butter or oil in a pan. Once it is hot, add the chopped onions and the white part of the spring onions. Sauté until it turns golden brown.
Then add the diced carrot; sprinkle some water and let it become soft and tender.
Add the peas; stir them quick. Then add the spice mixes and salt and mix well.
Finally add the cooked rice. Mix them well. Check for the spice and seasonings; adjust if needed.
Turn off the flame. Add the greens of the spring onions and coriander leaves.

Notes

This rice does not contain whole garam masala or powder form. I have kept the spice minimum so that the rich sweet carrot taste can be enjoyed.
Also while adding jeera and dhaniya powder; add very little and make sure it does not overpower.
If you are using dried peas, soak for 8 hours and cook them separately. Then add it in the rice. If its frozen, rinse it under water and then add.

This post is for Blogging Marathon 58 under the theme "Rice Dishes". Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#58 here.

Comments

Viji Senthil says
May 22, 2018 at 10:18 am
Hi, how much amount peas should we add? Its not mentioned in ingredients...
- Nisha says
  May 22, 2018 at 1:50 pm
  Hi Viji, Sorry I missed that. I have updated it now.
Helen Britto says
April 27, 2017 at 4:08 am
How do i pressure cook the rice
Harini-Jaya R says
November 22, 2015 at 1:36 am
Very simple and soothing one pot meal. Hope you settle down soon.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
November 17, 2015 at 7:06 pm
Very nice combination. Love the clicks! Good luck settling down.
Sowmya :) says
November 17, 2015 at 2:22 am
Never thought of carrot and spring onion together. Your dish makes a very tempting case for it! Good luck with settling down. We also move quite often and I feel exactly like you do. Give me one house in one city for fifteen years any day!
Suma Gandlur says
November 16, 2015 at 11:52 pm
Hope you are getting settled in and getting adjusted to the new country. And that colorful dish is looking really inviting.
rajani says
November 14, 2015 at 5:30 pm
I know what you are talking about. I was there just an year back. Hang in there, it always gets better!
What's more important than the size of the kitchen is what's dished out from there...and this rice looks nice and yummy, prepared with a lot of love. That's all we need in times of stress - a bowl of rice and lots of love 🙂
Pavani N says
November 14, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Such a colorful and yummy looking rice dish Nisha. Hope you are getting used to the new country. I wish you good luck in settling down and getting your brand new kitchen.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
November 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm
Very nice. Nice combo spring onions and carrot.
Priya Suresh says
November 12, 2015 at 9:18 am
The addition of spring onions sounds very interesting, healthy carrot rice.

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