Carrot Poriyal: Authentic and Traditional South Indian recipes

Carrot Poriyal

Though Carrot is not a traditional vegetable of ours, we have made a wonderful side dish - "carrot Poriyal" in a traditional way.

The best part of Carrot Poriyal is, it is simple to make and it is delicious.

Let us see tradional way of making Carrot poriyal here.

Ingredients

to temper

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Broken white urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 string
Oil - 3 tsp

for saute

Carrot - 200 gms
Shallots - 5 numbers
Green chilli - 1
Grated coconut - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

Clean and peel off the skin from the Carrots.

Grate the Carrots.

Note: In other poriyals like Beans, Avarakkai, we will be boiling the veggies. For Carrot, boiling is not needed.

Now let us do the tempering.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splatters add urad dal.

When it turns golden brown add curry leaves, green chili and chopped shallots, fry for 2 min.

Add grated Carrots (as done in Step 2) to the pan, along with salt.
Mix well and cover the pan with lid.
Cook until the carrots gets a bit soft.

Add grated coconut and mix well.
Fry for a min and transfer to a bowl.
Serve hot for the lunch course.

Photo of Carrot Poriyal:

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Other types of Poriyal:
Avarakkai Poriyal, Beans Poriyal, Keerai Poriyal, peerkangai poriyal, Pudalangai poriyal, Vaazhaikkai poriyal

Popular dish that goes with Carrot Poriyal includes:
All the Poriyals goes well with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.
Sambar, Kulambu and Kuruma - the key main dish of Tamil meals.

Other names/spelling variations of Carrot Poriyal:
Carrot poriyal, Carrot poriyale

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Carrot Poriyal

Though Carrot is not a traditional vegetable of ours, we have made a wonderful side dish - "carrot Poriyal" in a traditional way.

The best part of Carrot Poriyal is, it is simple to make and it is delicious.

Let us see tradional way of making Carrot poriyal here.

Clean and peel off the skin from the Carrots.

Grate the Carrots.

Note: In other poriyals like Beans, Avarakkai, we will be boiling the veggies. For Carrot, boiling is not needed.

Now let us do the tempering.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splatters add urad dal.

When it turns golden brown add curry leaves, green chili and chopped shallots, fry for 2 min.

Add grated Carrots (as done in Step 2) to the pan, along with salt.
Mix well and cover the pan with lid.
Cook until the carrots gets a bit soft.

Add grated coconut and mix well.
Fry for a min and transfer to a bowl.
Serve hot for the lunch course.

Photo of Carrot Poriyal:

Click here for More photos of veg poriyal side dishes

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Carrot Poriyal

Though Carrot is not a traditional vegetable of ours, we have made a wonderful side dish - "carrot Poriyal" in a traditional way. The best part of Carrot Poriyal is, it is simple to make and it is delicious. Let us see tradional way of making Carrot poriyal here.

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Grate the Carrots. Note: In other poriyals like Beans, Avarakkai, we will be boiling the veggies. For Carrot, boiling is not needed.

Now let us do the tempering. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splatters add urad dal. When it turns golden brown add curry leaves, green chili and chopped shallots, fry for 2 min.

Add grated Carrots (as done in Step 2) to the pan, along with salt. Mix well and cover the pan with lid. Cook until the carrots gets a bit soft.

Add grated coconut and mix well. Fry for a min and transfer to a bowl. Serve hot for the lunch course. Photo of Carrot Poriyal: Click here for More photos of veg poriyal side dishes (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

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Though Carrot is not a traditional vegetable of ours, we have made a wonderful side dish - "carrot Poriyal" in a traditional way.

The best part of Carrot Poriyal is, it is simple to make and it is delicious.

Let us see tradional way of making Carrot poriyal here.

Clean and peel off the skin from the Carrots.

Grate the Carrots.

Note: In other poriyals like Beans, Avarakkai, we will be boiling the veggies. For Carrot, boiling is not needed.

Now let us do the tempering.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splatters add urad dal.

When it turns golden brown add curry leaves, green chili and chopped shallots, fry for 2 min.

Add grated Carrots (as done in Step 2) to the pan, along with salt.
Mix well and cover the pan with lid.
Cook until the carrots gets a bit soft.

Add grated coconut and mix well.
Fry for a min and transfer to a bowl.
Serve hot for the lunch course.

Photo of Carrot Poriyal:

Click here for More photos of veg poriyal side dishes