Carrot Poriyal is a healthy & delicious side dish made by sautéing grated or cubed carrots with spices, onions & coconut. Carrot Poriyal is a simple & quick recipe that can be made in minutes and is liked by all. Carrot Stir Fry recipe published in this post with step by step pictures & video.
Carrot poriyal or kootu or milkshake or juice or even raw I just love anything with carrots. Carrot Kootu is my lil ones fav too, will post the recipe sometime soon.
Now with no further delay lets get onto the simple easy carrot stir fry(we call it podimas) recipe.And this is my first click in our new home. Here the sun shines very bright else its very dull, kind of changing climate often. Still am in process of setting up a table for clicking purpose atleast in our new home, cant wait to click it from the new setup.
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Carrot Poriyal | Carrot Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups carrots grated
- 1/4 cup onion chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon coconut grated
To Temper:
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon urad dal
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies slitted into half
Instructions
- Wash carrots, remove the outer skin, grate it and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal and let it splutter.
- Add curry leaves and fry for a min.
- Add green chillies and saute for 2mins.
- Now add onion, required salt and saute well till it is transparent.
- Then add grated carrots.
- Saute till it shrinks mins then sprinkle little water and cook covered till it turns soft and raw smell leaves. You can omit water and cook covered too.
- Once it becomes dry add coconut, give a quick stir and switch off.
- Switch off and serve Carrot Poriyal with sambar rice or any variety rice.
Notes
- In case you want to pack and wants more shelf life add coconut saute for a while then switch off.
How to make Carrot Poriyal
- Wash carrots, remove the outer skin, grate it and keep aside.Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds,urad dal and let it splutter. Add curry leaves and fry for a min. Now add green chillies and saute for 2mins.Now add onion,required salt and saute well till it is transparent.
- Then add grated carrots.Saute till it shrinks mins then sprinkle little water and cook covered till it turns soft and raw smell leaves.You can omit water and cook covered too.Cook until it becomes soft.
- Once it becomes dry add coconut, give a quick stir and switch off.
Switch off and serve with sambar rice or any variety rice. This tasty carrot stir fry is quick and easy to make. Goes well with any variety rice or sambar rice. And carrots we get here are very fresh as they are straight from ooty and the color is nice fresh orange and they are sweet and tasty too. Coming up next is Eggless choco chip yogurt cookies…Stay tuned!
Expert Tips
- Amma always adds coconut only after switching off any poriyal as raw coconut is not much of cholesterol she says so using it as raw as much as possible is good.
- In case you want to pack and wants more shelf life add coconut saute for a while then switch off.
Angie's Recipes
I love carrots too! Actually I just bought a pack of 2kg…and made some soup with lentils yesterday. Might try the rest of the stir-fry! LOoks so yummy and healthy!
Jaisy James
looks nice. perfect for rice
srikars kitchen
My fav poriyal.. looks really yummy & perfect..
Roshan
a crunchy carrot recipe..
Suma Rajesh
mee too love carrots..nice and tempting click..
Sanjeeta kk
carrots are my fave veggie too, Sharmilee. Lovely curry.
Ananda Rajashekar
Oh gorgeous click this recipe is a true Saviour 🙂
Priya
Beautiful clicks, love carrots anytime as poriyal, just love with curd rice..
Torviewtoronto
delicious we make similar to top biryani
jeyashrisuresh
i too make carrot curry in the same way. sometimes i love to add beetroot to this. Wonderful click and wish many more recipes from ur new kitchen
An Open Book
im definitely bookmarking this one…love the colour
Sayantani
I learnt to make thoran once I came to Bangalore and often make one with beans and carrots. only carrots version looks so bright…lovely clicks
divya
Stir fry looks amazing…lovely presentation…
Pavithra
Handy poriyal always if no veggies is in fridge except carrot. Beautiful pictures sharmi….
Kairali sisters
YUmmy carrot thoran Sharmi..Loved all u r clicks…
aipi
Beautiful carrot poriyal..the pics are fantastic!
US Masala
Yummy Team
Healthy n delicious stir-fry..Lovely clicks!!
Pushpa
Delicious carrot poriyal…beautiful click.
Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com
RAKS KITCHEN
I have never made poriyal with carrot alone so far,always make it along with other veggies like cabbage,beans…looks wonderful!
Sreelekha Sumesh
My fav too.Love that beautiful color.
chaitrali pathak
looks superb….and beautiful clicks
Home Cooked Oriya Food
love it… lovely click!
Premalatha Aravindhan
Healthy poriyal,i used to prepare this for my hubby's lunch box.Easy to made and heathly too.Asusual wounderful clicks…
Sarah Naveen
Nice click..looks so delicious..
Cham
I love to eat raw, but rarely do porriyal, looks beautiful!
Priya Sriram
Hi Sharmilee, I missed you all too.
Wow, wonderful pictures and great recipes!
Happy navratri!
Balakrishna Saraswathy
a conforming poriyal to be eaten any time with anything:)
Anonymous
Sharmi, I love this poriyal, esp mixed with rice and curd. I add a green chilly too while frying ..
Leks
good pic in natural lighting!
Sharmilee! :)
@Leks : Thanks for reminding I missed it in the recipe….have updated it now 🙂
Rachana
Beautiful poriyal!
sweet road
This looks great, I have never had a carrot stir fry, nor made one! And there are some ingredients there I have never used, so it looks like I'll be trying them out soon!
hitesh
when do you use the urad dal in this receipe?
Sharmilee! :)
It should be added along with mustard seeds, missed it now updated
Gershwin Yesudhas
This is absolutely the same recipe that my Amma follows! Nice presentation! Keep them coming… :))
Sevvanthi
Notes section looks different.. Please check it Sharmi..
SHARMILEE J
Thank you Sevvanthi! Have updated it….
Meeeeee
Tried it.. Tasted great.. Thank you:)
Sakthi
Tried the same way and it was awesome!!!