Carrot palya

Ingredients

Carrots —5 to 6 medium sized

Grated coconut—1/4 cup

Palyada pudi or bhath pudi or huli pudi—1 heaped tablespoon

Sugar —1 teaspoon

Salt -to taste

Oil—2 tablespoon

Jeera—1/2 teaspoon

Mustard seeds—1 teaspoon

Channa dhal—1 tablespoon

Urad dhal—1 tablespoon

Asafoetida—1/4 teaspoon

Curry leaves—few

Wash carrots ,peel the skin ,dice them or chop them to small cubes .

Heat a kadai or pan add oil .heat on medium flame.

Once heated add mustard seeds,jeera,let them crackle.

Than add channa dhal,urad dhal,asafoetida,curry leaves

Sauté them for a while.

Add chopped carrots and 1/2 cup of water.

Keep stirring cook them covering the kadai with a lid .

Let carrot be little crunchy.

When water almost dries up,add salt,sugar palya pudi mix well by stirring for a while.

Add grated coconut give a good stir.

Turn off the heat

Transfer to a bowl .

Now carrot palya is ready to serve.

Same way we can make palya from beans,chapparada avarekayi,cabbage ,brinjal etc