Carrot Podi ~ Spicy Carrots Powder

Ingredients :
Carrots : 1/4 kg
Coriander seeds : 5 tsp
Chana dal : 3 tsp
Urad dal : 2 tsp
Red chillies : 5
Garlic : 3
Oil : 2 table spoons
Salt to taste

Method :
Wash , peel and grate the carrots and keep it aside. Heat one table spoon of oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add coriander seeds, chana dal and urad dal. Fry until a light brown color. Finally add red chillies and let it fry for another 1 minute.When color changes and nice aroma appears, remove from the flame and allow it to cool. In the same pan add another table spoon of oil and add grated carrot. Fry the grated carrots for about 10 minutes on a medium flame. But don't burn them. When they turn little crisp, remove from the pan and let it cool completely. Now grind the roasted spices, salt and garlic to a coarse powder. Finally add the roasted carrots to the spices powder and blenderise it again. Now serve with hot steamed rice or dosa or idli.