Introspection

In telugu "swayampaakam" means a recipe which you create; your original stuff. Recently I have been browsing through a lot of food blogs. In fact one of my fellow bloggers who is a vegan (MC Seitan) has such wonderful recipes on his blog, that I was lured to search on the internet for vegan/veggie recipes. Thanks a lot Seitan. At last your effort to encourage vegetarianism is not going in vain:).

I came across so many blogs with lost of recipes with vivid pictures and decided to blog one of my own creation:). Thanks everyone for the inspiration.

So here goes the recipe:

Carrot spring onions fry

Ingredients:

Carrots (the bunny carrots which are long) 10 (Chop them to thin circles)

Spring onions 4 (Chop them to fine pieces)

Potatoes 1 (chop them to tiny pieces)

Oil 2 tbsp

Pepper 2tsp

Dried red chilies 2 (break each of them into halves)

Mustard&cumin seeds 1tsp

White onions 2 (big ones)

Garlic & ginger paste 1tsp

Turmeric 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Procedure: Pour the oil in the pan and after 3 minutes drop the mustard and cumin seeds along with the dried red chilies. Wait till the seeds start to splatter and then add onions to it. Mix everything in the pan and then add garlic ginger paste and turmeric. Mix everything well till you can see the onions turning yellow and slightly brown. Add the cut potatoes and mix them well. Then add salt to it. After 4 minutes when you can see the potatoes getting the yellow tinge, add the carrots and mix them well. After 2 minutes, add the spring onions. Keep mixing the whole ingredients in the pan while the spring onions soak the oil and reduce in size. After mixing everything thoroughly, add salt to taste, pepper and then close the lid. Allow the whole fry to cook for about 10 minutes on medium flame. In between keep mixing them and make sure to cover the lid.

Serve the fry with chapattis or with rice and rasam. Well, as I am trying to cut off on my carbs, I eat one portion of rice and 4 portions of curry or vegetables. This curry of mine will make you love vegetables and eat less of rice. However, if you are someone who loves spicy food with lots of flavor then this is not the right one for you. But, if you are the one who enjoys mild flavors then this is the right choice. Try it and let me know how it tastes:D