Red Carrots With Rice And Tamarind Sauce Recipe Video
Ingredients
Rainbow Carrots - 4-5 large, about 3 pounds. You may use any color carrot available in your market
Canola Oil
Onions - 2 large
Tamarind Concentrate - 4 Heaped Tablespoons, or Paste. It looks like very thick molasses
Lemon Juice - of one lemon
Short grain rice - 2 Cups
Ground meat - 1/2 pound
Salt, Black Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon and Cardamom
Directions
MAKING
For making Tamarind Sauce:
1. Peel the Carrots, cut 2 carrots into strips, and grate the rest.
2. Fry the strips and put them on the side on paper towel to get rid of the execs oil.
3. Dice the onions and fry them, put them on paper towel to absorb the execs oil.
4. In the same oil, add the grated carrots, add salt, cardamom.
5. In the same pot, add the fried onions on the grated fried carrots. Cook on high heat until the grated carrots are soft, this should take about 10 minutes.
6. Dissolve the Tamarind paste/concentrate in hot water to make the sauce. you need about 4-5 cups of hot water. The more water you add the less tangy the sauce is.
7. Add lemon juice on the Tamarind sauce.
8. Add half of the Tamarind sauce on the fried grated carrots. The sauce should not be too watery.
9. Boil the mix then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
For making Rice and ground meat stuffing:
10. Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes
11. Cook the ground meat by adding onions to it.
12. Season it with salt, black pepper, cardamom, allspice and cinnamon.
13. Cook the meat until seared all over.
14. Drain the rice and add it to the meat.
15. Add the second half of the sauce to the rice and meat mix. let boil over on high heat then cover and simmer on low heat until the rice is done. The rice should take 25-30 minutes to fully cook.
SERVING
16. To serve, place rice in the serving platter, arrange the fried carrot sticks and add the sauce with the grated carrots on top.
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For making Tamarind Sauce:
1. Peel the Carrots, cut 2 carrots into strips, and grate the rest.
2. Fry the strips and put them on the side on paper towel to get rid of the execs oil.
3. Dice the onions and fry them, put them on paper towel to absorb the execs oil.
4. In the same oil, add the grated carrots, add salt, cardamom.
5. In the same pot, add the fried onions on the grated fried carrots. Cook on high heat until the grated carrots are soft, this should take about 10 minutes.
6. Dissolve the Tamarind paste/concentrate in hot water to make the sauce. you need about 4-5 cups of hot water. The more water you add the less tangy the sauce is.
7. Add lemon juice on the Tamarind sauce.
8. Add half of the Tamarind sauce on the fried grated carrots. The sauce should not be too watery.
9. Boil the mix then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
For making Rice and ground meat stuffing:
10. Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes
11. Cook the ground meat by adding onions to it.
12. Season it with salt, black pepper, cardamom, allspice and cinnamon.
13. Cook the meat until seared all over.
14. Drain the rice and add it to the meat.
15. Add the second half of the sauce to the rice and meat mix. let boil over on high heat then cover and simmer on low heat until the rice is done. The rice should take 25-30 minutes to fully cook.
SERVING
16. To serve, place rice in the serving platter, arrange the fried carrot sticks and add the sauce with the grated carrots on top.
This video is a creation of summer. You can visit summer for complete recipes, and more videos.
Editors Review
Red carrots with rice and tamarind sauce is an amazing dish using red carrots and it tastes great even though it is cooked in a simple manner the meat and rice add body to this dish. The tamarind adds a nice kick to its overall flavor. Watch the video for detailed recipe.Chef
