Carrot Chutney / Carrot Dip

Carrot., as everyone knows, its good source of vitamin A, good for eyes. Its rich in sugars. This delicious dish is liked even by those who does not like carrot. I have one real example at my home. The lentil(dhal) used in this chutney blends with the carrots and gives nice taste.

Ingredients:
Carrot -  1 no.
Onion - 1 medium size or 1/2 big size
Tomato - 1 small size or 1/2 medium size
Dry red chillies - up to your taste ( I used 6 small round ones.)
Urad Dhal - 1/4 cup
Salt - to taste
Oil - 4 tsp (3 tsp for sauteing and 1 tsp for seasoning)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves -  1 stem

Procedure:

• Dry roast Urad dhal.

• Then heat 3 tsp of oil and add diced onion and dry red chillies. Saute for 3 minutes.

• Add diced tomato. Sprinkle some salt. Saute till tomatoes are smashed.
• Add cut carrots and saute to half cook just till its raw smell goes off.

• Let it cool down. Course grind dhal first and add the veggie mixture and grind to make chutney.

• Season chutney with mustard seeds and curry leaves.

• Tastes as side dish for idly, dosa, rava uppma, idiyappam, appam, chappathi. Also goes good as party dip.