Carrot Milk Shake

 Carrots are served either raw in salads or it is served cooked in many forms like simple stir-fry to juices shakes,cakes, halwas etc.They have plenty of health benefits,specially they are good for improving eye sight.

    Here's  a recipe for a tasty Carrot milk shake:

  Ingredients
1.Carrots            220gms
2.Milk                 1/2 L
3.Sugar               5-6 tbsp (as per taste)
4.Vanilla Ice cream       as needed

5.Fried cashew nuts       ("   "   )

 Preparing Method
-Peel the skin of the Carrot and roughly cut into pieces.
-Now steam or boil these till soft and allow it to cool.
-Meanwhile freeze the milk for sometime.
-Coarsely grind the fried nuts and keep aside.
-Now in a blender add the cooked Carrot pieces,milk and sugar.Blend till smooth.
-Pour this into the serving glass.

-Serve each glass of this Carrot shake with a scoop of ice-cream topped with the fried nuts.

*Fry the nuts in a frying pan with 1/4 tsp ghee.
*You can pressure cook the carrots also.To check whether the carrots are done you can penetrate a fork.The fork should easily penetrate through the  carrots.
*If you are boiling the carrots,strain the water and then use.

 
  



  

Cabbage-Carrot Stir fry/Thoran

Ingredients
Cabbage            2 cups (shredded)
Carrot                1 medium (chopped)
Onion                1 small (chopped)
Green chilly       2-3 slit
Grated coconut   1/4 cup
Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp
Salt                      to taste
Mustard seed       1 tsp
Oil                       1 tbsp

Method
-Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds
-Now add the cabbage,carrot,onion,green chilli,salt and turmeric powder.Stir and mix well.(can add 2 tbsp water if needed)
-Cover it with a lid and cook.
-When it is cooked add the grated coconut and mix well.
-Off the flame and serve with plain rice.