Carrot Mezhukkupuratti
Carrot Mezhukkupuratti is a sweet & spicy side dish made by stir frying carrot with onion, garlic paste & spices and seasoned with coconut oil. Carrot Mezhukkupuratti is a healthy side dish for rice and made during Onam Sadhya. Carrot Mezhukkupuratti is described in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 3 medium sized carrot
- 1 no green chilli
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 cup water
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 2 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 cup small onion sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic finely chopped
- few nos curry leaves
Instructions
- Trim edges off carrot, peel off the skin. Slit into 2 further slit and chop into small sticks.
- Rinse well and add to kadai along with green chilli, salt turmeric powder and 1/2 cup water.
- Cook covered until carrot turns soft. Remove, set aside. To the same kadai add coconut oil -add the items listed under 'to temper' let it splutter.
- Then add small onion fry until transparent, then add chilli powder and salt.
- Give a quick saute then add cooked carrots. Mix well cook for a minute then switch off. Enjoy Carrot Mezhukkupuratti!
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Notes
- You can do the tempering then cook carrots along with it too. But I wanted to try this way as my friend suggested and it was great.
- Make sure you don't make carrots mushy, it should soft not mushy.
- Ginger and garlic are optional, you can skip it if you want.
- Feel free to adjust spice level(chilli powder) as per your preference.
Nutrition Facts
Carrot Mezhukkupuratti
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 101
Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.5g
Sodium 2016mg88%
Potassium 376mg11%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 15813IU316%
Vitamin C 209mg253%
Calcium 93mg9%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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