Carrot Pongal

Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Tuvar Dal - 1/2 cup
Carrot - 125 gms
Green Peas - 125 gms
Coconut - 1/2
Tomato - 1
Green chillies- 2
Ginger - small piece
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves
Mint leaves
Oil - 4 tbsp


Method:

• Grind the coconut and extract thick and thin milk by adding warm water.
• Grind ginger and chillies to a paste.
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, fry them.
• Add chopped carrot, peas and fry for 5 minutes.
• Then add ginger paste, chopped tomato, salt and turmeric.
• Close the lid and cook till the carrot and peas are tender.
• Now, add rice, dal, thin coconut milk and enough water. Bring the water to boil.
• Cook till the rice is 3/4th done.
• Pour thick coconut milk, mint leaves, coriander leaves and continue to cook till the rice is done.
• Remove from fire and serve hot.