Carrot Thogayal

Ingredients:

Carrot                                                     1/4 kg
Green chillie                                             1
Ginger                                                     1/2 inch
Dry red chillie                                          10 [Kashmiri Red Chillie]
Broken Black Gram                                 2 tbl. sp
Tamarind paste                                        1/2 sp
Salt                                                          To taste
Oil                                                           For frying
Fresh grated coconut                               1/2 cup
Curry leaves                                            little
Coreander leaves                                    little
Asafoetida [peringayum / hing]                1/4tsp.

Method :

Take one big kadai & add 3 big spoons of oil. First add red chillie, broken black gram & fry for a while till it becomes red. Now add along with diced carrot, green chillie, ginger, tamarind, salt, curry leaves, coriander leaves & hing . Fry for 5 mins, add coconut & mix well. After it becomes cool, grind in the mixer.Your thogayal is ready to eat. Similarly instead of using carrot, you can also make thogayal with cabbage, red pumpkin, & chow chow (Bangalore Kathirikai) using the same method. Have it either with rice, idli or roti.