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    Home » Recipes » Carrots

    Published: Aug 13, 2008 · Modified: Oct 2, 2020 by usha

    Carrot Pachadi / Carrot Salad

    Friday, August 15th is India's 61st Independence Day. To celebrate the Independence Day, I bring you healthy, nutritious carrot pachadi with a patriotic theme. I garnished the pachadi with grated carrot, chopped onions and cilantro to look like an Indian flag. I used the tempered green chillies and mustard seeds to make the chakra of the flag.

    carrot pachadi, carrot salad

    Cooking Time: 15 minutes

    Ingredients:
    • 6 Carrots grated or 2 cups of grated Carrots
    • ¼ cup Green Gram Sprouts (opt)
    • ½ small Onion chopped or ¼ cup chopped Onion
    • 4 Green Chilies seeded and chopped (adjust to taste)
    • ¼ teaspoon dry roasted and powdered Mustard Seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon dry roasted and powdered Fenugreek Seeds
    • Lime Juice to taste
    • Salt to Taste
    • Cilantro Chopped
    • Tempering:
      • 1-2 tablespoon Oil
      • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
      • 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
      • 1 Dry Red Chili
      • 3 Green Chilies Chopped (adjust to taste)
      • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    Method:
    • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, except the the ingredients listed under tempering.
    • Heat oil in a pan, add red chili and mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds pop and splutter, add urad dal and green chilies. Once the chilies change color, add turmeric powder and turn off the stove.
    • Add the tempering to the carrot mixture and dig in.
    • Serve pachadi as a side dish with rice. I eat it as a snack, when ever I am hungry.
    carrot pachadi, carrot salad

    Carrot pachadi after mixing all the ingredients

    Note:
    • Sprouts are not part of the traditional recipe. I like sprouts and added it to the pachadi. If you don't like them, you can skip it. Meera of Enjoy Indian Food has a detailed post on how to make homemade sprouts.
    • You can substitute sprouts with grated fresh cabbage or/and fresh grated coconut, as mom does it.
    This is my entry to Pooja's Theme of the Week: Saffron White Green event
    I am also sending it to EC's Whats Your Favorite WYI: Color in Food event.

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    Comments

    1. Easycrafts says

      August 25, 2008 at 12:04 pm

      Nice presentation...thanks for participating

      Reply
    2. Padma says

      August 21, 2008 at 11:18 am

      Same pinch Amu, nenu koda ade anukunnanu...
      Pachadi looks awesome though skeptical of eating carrot pachadi...

      Hay, it's healthy... skip the sprouts and just use carrot... if you like carrots, you may like this too... 🙂

      Reply
    3. Cham says

      August 20, 2008 at 1:11 am

      The flag in bowl looks awesome, nice idea! U ve a nice blog with tasty recipes Usha!

      Thanks Cham!!!!

      Reply
    4. Amu says

      August 17, 2008 at 4:10 am

      Hey Usha...Pachadi looks so Inviting...nenu first rice anukunna....Great Idea for a garnish...

      Happy Independence Day to you too..:-)

      hehehe Thank you!!!!!!!

      Reply
    5. Pooja says

      August 14, 2008 at 10:16 pm

      Pachadi looks so yummy !!!

      thanks for your nice entry. Happy Independence day to you too.

      Thanks!!!!!

      Reply

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