Carrot Rice

A quick. flavourful and nutritious rice item. It is best suited for kids and is healthy too.

I make it quite frequently for my kids lunch boxes and they just love it.

Carrot Rice is sweet because of carrots and ghee and bit spicy too because of the cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms.   

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup Basmati Rice

1 cup Grated Carrot

1/4 cup Sliced Onion

2 tablespoons Ghee

1 Cinnamom Stick

2 Cloves

4 Peppercorns

2 Cardamoms 

2 1/2 cups of Water

Salt as needed

Directions

1. Wash and keep rice in water for 10 mins. Drain the water and keep it aside. Heat a pressure pan with ghee, add cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and cardamom. Saute for a min. Add sliced onion. Saute till onion turns traslucent. Add grated carrot, saute for a min. 

2. Add water,rice and salt. Mix it well, close it with the lid and pressure cook it for 2 whistles.( If you are not using pressure pan, transfer this into a pressure cooker and cook it for 2 whistles).

3. A very tasty lunch box recipe for kids. Try it.