Ingredients: carrots - small or long chopped, 1/2 teaspoon mustard, 1/2 teaspoon white urad dal (split), 1 red chili, 4 curry leaves - broken from the middle, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder , 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida, 1/4 cup coconut - grated, 1 teaspoon oil, salt - as per taste, Vegetarian diet
Instructions: To make South India Carrot Porial, first steam the chopped carrot in a pressure cooker with salt and water. Soak the cooker until it comes to 2 cities, take out the pressure and when it becomes soft, keep it on the side. Now to heat it, heat oil in a pan. When it gets hot, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal and red chillies. Let it cook for 10 to 15 seconds. After it becomes golden, add asafoetida, turmeric powder, carrots and salt. Cook for a few minutes and garnish it with coconut.