Carrot kootu/ Carrot Sambar

Ingredients :

1. Carrot - 1 sliced
2. Toor dal - 1 cup
3. Onion - 1 sliced finely
4. Tomato - 1 sliced finely
5. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Sambar powder - 1 tsp
7. Green Chilly - 3 sliced long
8. Garlic - 3 cloves
9. Curry leaves - 2 leaves
10. Red Chilly - 1
11. Jeera / Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
12. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
13. Coriander leaves for garnish
14. Salt to taste

Method:

• Add toor dal, carrot, tomato, half onion, tumeric powder,sambar powder,salt in to a cooker and whistle it.
• It should be boiled such that toor dal can be easily smashed.

• Keep flame low and to pan add oil followed by mustard seeds once they splutter add jeera,curry leaves, red chilly, garlic cloves, onion and fry it until onions turn brown.
• Add tomato, green chilly and fry it for 4 mins.
• Add pressured toor dal and boil it for another 2 mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Goes well with chapati/rice.