Roasted Carrot Curry Food

CURRIED ROASTED CARROTS

Steps:

• Set oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Toss carrots with olive oil, curry powder and salt directly on baking sheet until evenly coated. Roast, stirring with a rubber spatula a few times to prevent sticking and burning, until tender, 25-30 minutes. Toss roasted carrots with honey directly on baking sheet. Taste and add more salt, pepper or honey if desired.

CARROT CURRY

Steps:

• in a medium saucepan heat oil over medium heat.
• add shallots and chile, cook stirring for 2 minutes.
• add carrots, spices and curry leaves and cook another 3-4 minutes.
• add coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
• cover, reduce heat to low, and cook 20-25 minutes until carrots are tender.

CARROT CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
• When they splutter add curry leaves and onions. Saute them until the onions turn golden in color and lose the raw flavor.
• Add ginger, garlic and green chilies. Saute for a minute until aromatic.
• Next stir in the tomatoes and cook until they breakdown and soften.
• Then stir in the spice powders - red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, coriander powder and salt. Saute for 2 to 3 mins until it turns aromatic.
• Add carrots and peas. Saute for 2 mins.
• Pour water just enough to partially cover the carrots. I used 1 cup water. Mix and cook covered on a lot heat until carrots turn tender.
• Then add kasuri methi (optional) and coconut milk. Mix and cook covered on a low heat for 2 mins.
• Taste test and add more salt if needed. Serve carrot curry with rice or roti.

CURRIED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat medium pot over medium high heat. Add olive oil, butter, onions and carrots and saute 5 minutes. Add 4 cups chicken stock, curry and cayenne, and about 1 teaspoon salt to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover and cook until carrots are very tender, about 15 minutes. Place pot on a trivet next to food processor. Process soup in 2 or 3 small batches until soup is smooth and carrots are fully pureed. Transfer processed soup into a large bowl as you work to make room for more soup in the food processor. Return completed soup to the soup pot and place back over low heat. If the soup is too thick, add remaining stock, up to 2 cups, to achieve desired consistency. Adjust seasonings. Place sour cream in a plastic condiment squeeze bottle or into a medium food storage bag. Cut a very small hole in the corner of the bag with scissors. Ladle soup into bowls and squirt a swirl of sour cream around the bowl from the center out to the rim. Drag a toothpick from the center of the bowls out to the edges, forming a spider web design on soup. Pile a few pieces of cut chives at the center of each bowl to resemble green spiders in their webs! Cool!

ROASTED CARROTS WITH CARROT TOP PESTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Trim and reserve the carrot tops. In a large bowl, toss the carrots with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the curry powder and salt. Arrange the carrots in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast until tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and roast 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove and cool.
• In the food processor, pulse the walnuts a few times to break them up. Add the basil, carrot tops, honey, 3 tablespoons olive oil, a pinch of salt and 1/4 cup cold water. Pulse until combined but not completely smooth. If dry or too chunky, add another tablespoon olive oil or 1 to 2 tablespoons water to loosen. Transfer to a medium bowl. Taste for seasoning.
• Transfer the carrots to a serving platter. Stir the vinegar into the pesto and spoon the pesto over the roasted carrots.

CAST-IRON CARROTS WITH CURRY

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat and add the coconut oil. When hot, add the carrots in an even layer to maximize contact with the pan. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper, and fry the carrots, turning every 3 or 4 minutes, until are they are dark caramelized brown in spots, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the curry powder and mix to combine. Scatter the cilantro over the top and serve.

CARROT BIRYANI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, tip in the onion with a big pinch of salt and fry until softened, around 5 mins, then add the chilli and crush in the garlic and cook for 1 min more. Stir in the spices with a splash of water and cook for a couple of mins before adding the carrots and stirring well to coat in all of the spices and flavours.
• Tip in the rice, peas and cashews, then use the back of your spoon to break up any clumps of rice and combine with the rest of the ingredients, cover and cook over a high heat for 5 mins (it's nice if a bit of rice catches on the base to give a bit of texture to the dish). Scatter over the coriander with spoonfuls of yogurt, then serve straight from the pan.

CURRIED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute onion until tender and translucent. Stir in the curry powder. Add the chopped carrots, and stir until the carrots are coated. Pour in the vegetable broth, and simmer until the carrots are soft, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer the carrots and broth to a blender, and puree until smooth. Pour back into the pot, and thin with water to your preferred consistency.

CURRIED CARROTS

Steps:

• Place the carrots in a heavy large saucepan and add cold water to cover.
• Cook over medium high heat just until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain and return to pan.
• Mix the butter, curry powder, salt and pepper and add to the carrots.
• Heat over very low heat, tossing to coat the carrots with the butter mixture.
• Add the lemon juice and brown sugar.
• Heat, tossing occasionally, until the carrots are glazed.
• Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• Serve immediately.