Carrot and coconut stir fry

Ingredients:

• 250gms carrots,finely chopped
• 1/3 cup grated fresh Coconut
• 3-4 Green chillies
• 2 whole Red chillies
• 1 tbsp Chana dal
• 1 tsp Urad dal
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 8-10 Curry leaves
• a pinch of Asafoetida
• salt to taste
• 2 tsp Oil

Method:

1. Steam carrot with few pinches of salt either in pressure cooker(without whistle) or steamer for 8-10 mins.You can even microwave them on HIGH for 4-5 mins.Strain them and keep aside.
2. Heat a spoon of oil in a pan/kadai and crackle mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
3. Add asafoetida,chana dal,urad dal,red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a minute.
4. Grind grated coconut with green chillies and salt to a coarse masala.It should not become a paste,it should be like just roughly coarse ground masala.
5. Add cooked and strained carrot and stir fry for 2 mins.
6. Now add ground coconut-green chili masala and fry for another minute or two.
7. Serve it with rice,dal/rasam/sambar and papad.