Name: Carrot Chutney
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 Servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Carrot: 1 cup; Black gram dal: 1 tbsp; Red chillies: 2; Sesame seeds: 2 tsp; Asafoetida: 1/4 tsp; Salt: To Taste; Oil: 1 tsp; Oil: 1 tsp; Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp

Ingredients

1 cup Carrot

I used 2 medium sized carrots

1 tbsp Black gram dal

2 Red chillies

2 tsp Sesame seeds

1/4 tsp Asafoetida

To Taste Salt

1 tsp Oil

FOR TEMPERING

1 tsp Oil

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

Directions

I love carrots and I use it regularly in salads, kosambiri, payasam, flat bread, Muthia and addition to that list is this Carrot chutney.This month for the shhhh cooking secrectly challenge, the decided theme was chutneys. For this challenge, I am paired with Prathima who blogs at Prathu’s food . She challenged me to use carrot and sesame seeds . As we love thogayal and chutney , I loved to explore this combination and totally loved it. This Carrot chutney can be paired with dosa, roti or even plain white rice

Carrots have numerous benefits when we eat it and some of them are:

1. Carrots are rich in beta carotene which is then converted to vitamin A and hence improves vision

2. It is said to prevent cancer

3. It helps prevent infections and helps to regain a healthier skin

5. It is supposed to help in preventing stroke and heart diseases

Steps

1 Done	Clean the carrots and chop it into small pieces
2 Done	Heat oil in a pan and roast the dal, sesame seeds and chillies in it in medium flame till the dal becomes light brown in colour. Cool it completely and transfer it to the jar of a mixer
3 Done	Now grind it with the carrots into a smooth paste with minimum water. Transfer it to the serving dish
4 Done	Now heat the oil reserved for tempering in a small pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters pour it on the prepared chutney, Serve with rice, idli, dosai or even roti