Coconut Carrot Slices Food

ROASTED COCONUT CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Peel carrots and cut into 2-inch batons. Season well with salt and pepper and drizzle with coconut oil. Spread them on a baking sheet and roast, uncovered, until carrots are lightly browned and tender when pierced, 20 to 25 minutes. (Carrots may be roasted in advance and reheated if desired.)
• Transfer hot carrots to a serving dish. Add jalapeño and mint and toss to distribute. Sprinkle with cilantro and squeeze lime juice over everything. Garnish with lime wedges.

PINEAPPLE & COCONUT CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix first 6 ingredients. Stir in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate, covered, until serving.

EASY SRI LANKAN CARROT CURRY

Steps:

• Cut the carrots into roughly ½ inch pieces. You could peel the carrots before slicing, if you like.
• Place the carrots, sliced onions, garlic, green chili, salt, turmeric, coriander, cardamom pods (if using), and curry leaves in a saucepan.
• Add the water and coconut milk, and stir to combine.
• Heat the curry over medium heat, with the lid on, until the curry starts to simmer. Adjust the heat (lower the heat if needed) to maintain a low simmer.
• Cook the curry until the carrots have softened (about 10 - 15 minutes, depending on the size of the carrot pieces).
• Add more coconut milk if you want more gravy, and let it come to a simmer.
• Taste and season with salt to taste. Serve while warm, with rice or roti.
• Alternatively, you can add only the water and cook the carrots in the water first (lid closed, over medium heat).
• When the carrots are almost cooked through, stir in the coconut milk, and heat until the coconut milk is simmering.
• Taste and season with salt to taste. Serve while warm, with rice or roti.

CARROT CAKE WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or 13x9-inch pan and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, orange juice, oil, pineapple, orange peel, vanilla and eggs on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in nuts, coconut and raisins. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8- or 9-inch rounds 30 to 35 minutes, 13x9-inch pan 37 to 43 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes; remove rounds from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Stir orange peel into frosting. Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting or frost top of 13x9-inch cake. Store in refrigerator.

COCONUT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil and eggs until well blended. In another large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set juice aside. Stir in the pineapple, carrots and coconut (batter will be thick). , Transfer to three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and enough of the reserved pineapple juice to achieve desired spreading consistency. Tint 1/4 cup frosting orange; place in a small resealable plastic bag. Cut a small hole in a corner of the bag; set aside., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with a third of the white frosting. Repeat layers twice. With orange frosting, pipe carrots on top; add parsley sprig for carrot top. Cover and store in the refrigerator.