Carrot rice

I love carrots and one fine morning, when I checked my refrigerator, I had nothing left except for some carrots. I was running short of time and thought the one thing I can do quick is a carrot rice for lunch. This is a very simple, easy and nutritionist dish. Since this rice does not have much protein in them, you can add some peanuts or cashews , to keep you full for a longer time.

Ingredients

1 cup- cooked rice
3 big carrots- grated
½ onions- chopped
¼ cup- cashews/groundnuts chopped or crushed
1 tsp- cumin seeds
½ tsp- cumin powder
¼ tsp- turmeric powder(optional)
4 cloves –garlic chopped
2-3 – green chilli /red chilly crushed
Salt to taste
Cilantro for garnish

Direction

Cook rice till its almost done and spread on a plate for it cool.(you also leftover or refrigerated rice).
Heat a pan with little oil and add cumin , red/green chillies followed by onions.
Fry the onions till its transparent and stir in the garlic and grated carrots.
Add salt , turmeric and cumin powder and let its sauté for about 5 minutes.
Stir in the cooked rice and pour 1-2 tsp oil on rice so it does not stick.
Add the chopped nuts and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

Benefit of carrots

Carrot can improve the appearance of the skin, hair and nails.
Beta-carotene in carrots can help improve eyesight ,especially night vision.
Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds, and the richest vegetable source of the pro-vitamin A carotenes.
Carrot is good for blood sugar regulation because of the presence of carotenoids in carrot. Carotenoids inversely affect insulin resistance and thus lower blood sugar.
A carrot a day reduces stroke risk by 68 percent. Many studies have strengthened the “carrot effect” on brain.