Carrot Fry / Carrot Poriyal

Ingredients:

Carrot	¼ Kg
Vegetable oil	2 tbs
Sambar onion	10
Mustard seeds	½ tsp
Black gram (split)	¼ tsp
Bengal gram (split)	1 tsp
Green chilly	2
Curry leaves	2 spring
Grated coconut	2 tbs (optional)
Salt	To taste

Procedure:

1. Scrap the skin from the carrot and cut it into small pieces

2. Steam Cook the pieces.

3. Heat Oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, chopped green chillies and chopped onion and fry until it turns golden brown.

4. Then add boiled carrot and salt.

5. Mix well then add grated coconut to it and fry for 3 mins.

Hint: If you steam cook, the color of the carrot will not change. But if you cook by adding water, the color would reduce.