Potato & Carrot stir fry

This is a simple, but too delicious recipe. I had fallen in love with this curry when I tasted it for the first time in school from one of my friend’s lunch box. I am very happy to share it with you…

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 3 medium

Carrots – 2 medium

Garlic – 3 to 4 pods (crushed roughly)

Red chillies -2

Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp

Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp

Urid dal – 1 tbsp

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt – to taste

* Chutney powder – 2 tbsp

* For making chutney podi, dry roast about 8 red chillies  and grind them with 1 cup of roasted chana dal and salt to a  smooth powder. It gives an extra taste to the stir fries, if added just before we take them off the heat.

Preparation:

• Wash and peel the potatoes and carrots and cut them into small cubes.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard & cumin seeds. Once the mustard seeds start to splutter, add urid dal and chana dal and fry till they are golden brown.
• Add the crushed garlic and red chillies and fry till they turn brown.
• Add the potato and carrot pieces, stir them and cook them closed for about 7 min or till they are done by occasional stirring to avoid burning.
• Once the potatoes and carrots are cooked, add the chutney powder and stir and turn of the heat. Adjust salt if required.