Cabbage-carrot Palya

Fed up of eating same cabbage palya...So I was thinking to prepare something different ... Just peeped into the refrigerator...Found so many fresh carrots :)  I have decided to mix carrot with cabbage....

Here goes the recipe: 


Ingredients: 
Cabbage : 1 No (finely chopped)
Carrot : 2 Nos (cut into small pieces)
Tomato : 2 Nos
Cooking Oil: 2 Spoons
Mustard Seed ,Jeera(cumin) seeds & Urad dal for tempering
Coriander powder - 1/2 Spoon
Jeera Powder: 1/2 Spoon
Chilli Powder, Salt, Jaggery :  to taste
Curry Leaves (Optional)
Coriander leaves (Optional)


Method:

• Prepare tomato puree.
• Take a tawa, add cooking oil, mustard seeds, jeera seeds,urad dal & curry leaves. Let mustard seeds splutter & Urad dal changes its color.
• Add carrot (cut into small pieces), fry for 5 sec. 
• Add finely chopped cabbage.
• Add Jeera powder, coriander powder.
• Add water as required with salt, chilli powder & jaggary to taste.Mix properly.
• Cook cabbage & carrot in medium flame.
• Once its cooked add grated coconut & mix well.
• Keep it low flame till all water evaporates.
• Now decorate with coriander seeds & serve with rice/chapati..

Carrot-oats laddoo

I have seen some kind of carrot laddoo on some cooking shows on TV.  I thought of enhancing the taste without compromising its healthiness. Here comes the modified version of Carrot-oats laddoo.

Ingredients :

1 cup oats - Roasted
2 cups of fine grated carrot
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup of grated coconut ( fried till golden brown)
1/2 cup of chiroti rave(sooji)(roasted till golden brown)
Dry fruits (As required)
2 spoons of ghee
cardamom - 2 nos

Method:

• Finely powder the oats, sugar & cardamom. keep aside. 
• In a pan cook(fry) grated carrot without adding water/oil till water evaporates & nice aroma of carrot spreads. 
• Now add powdered mixture of oats, sugar & cardamom, Rave,Coconut to the cooked carrot & mix properly. 
• Add ghee & dry fruits ( fried cashew nuts, dry grapes almond as required). 
• Mix properly & heat in low flame (make sure that mixture does not stick to the pan) till the above mixture leaves the pan & spoon easily. 
• While still warm, make the mixture into small lemon sized balls. 
• Decorate with dry fruits ...