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    Carrot Rice Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Carrot Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. Healthy and easy carrot rice made with carrot, spices and cooked rice. Healthy lunch box recipe made using carrots for kids.

     
     

    Carrot Rice Recipe

    This is a simple rice preparation that needs only minutes to make. I means only few minutes. It can be made from start to finish in less than 15 mins and of course you should have your rice cooked readily for this. You can use up left over rice from the previous batch too.

    About Carrot Rice Recipe

    Carrot Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. Healthy and easy carrot rice made with carrot, spices and cooked rice. Healthy lunch box recipe made using carrots for kids.

    And if your kids are not eating any vegetables then this is the perfect recipe to sneak your carrots in. They will totally love it, because both of my sister loved it. I used ghee as a base for this, but you could use oil if you are in a diet. Ghee will give nice aroma to this.

    Ingredients for Carrot Rice Recipe

    • Rice - 3 cups cooked (any rice)
    • Carrot - 3 medium size grated
    • Onion -1 finely chopped
    • Curry leaves - 1 spring
    • Green Chilli - 2 chopped
    • Channa Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tsp
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
    • Cumin seeds / Jeerakam - 1tsp
    • Sesame Seeds / Yellu - 1 tblspn
    • Peanuts / Ver kadalai - 1 tblspn
    • Dry Red Chilli - 1
    • Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 inch piece
    • Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
    • Salt to taste
    • Ghee - 2 tblspn

    How to Make Carrot Rice Recipe

    1. Heat ghee in a kadai. Add mustard, cumin, peanuts, sesame seeds, channa dal, cinnamon, cardamom, dry red chilli. Fry this for a min until they turn golden.
    2. Now add onions, green chilli and salt and fry for 1 min.
    3. Add grated carrots and toss well. Stir fry this for 5 mins.
    4. Add in cooked rice and toss well.
    5. Serve with any side dish or papad.

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    Carrot Rice | Carrot Rice Recipe

    Carrot Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. Healthy and easy carrot rice made with carrot, spices and cooked rice. Healthy lunch box recipe made using carrots for kids.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 654 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 3 cups Rice cooked
    • 3 Carrot grated
    • 1 Onion finely chopped
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • 2 Green Chilli chopped
    • 1 teaspoon Channa Dal
    • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 1 tablespoon Sesame Seeds
    • 1 tablespoon Peanuts
    • 1 Dry Red Chilli
    • 1 piece Cinnamon
    • 2 Cardamom
    • Salt to taste
    • 2 tablespoon Ghee

    Instructions
     

    • Heat ghee in a kadai. Add mustard, cumin, peanuts, sesame seeds, channa dal, cinnamon, cardamom, dry red chilli. Fry this for a min until they turn golden.
    • Now add onions, green chilli and salt and fry for 1 min.
    • Add grated carrots and toss well. Stir fry this for 5 mins.
    • Add in cooked rice and toss well.
    • Serve with any side dish or papad.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Carrot Rice | Carrot Rice Recipe
    Serving Size
     
    1 servings
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    654
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    11
    g
    17
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    5
    g
    31
    %
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    2
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    4
    g
    Cholesterol
     
    19
    mg
    6
    %
    Sodium
     
    118
    mg
    5
    %
    Potassium
     
    440
    mg
    13
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    124
    g
    41
    %
    Fiber
     
    6
    g
    25
    %
    Sugar
     
    5
    g
    6
    %
    Protein
     
    13
    g
    26
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    7779
    IU
    156
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    34
    mg
    41
    %
    Calcium
     
    108
    mg
    11
    %
    Iron
     
    2
    mg
    11
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Carrot Rice Recipe Step by Step Pictures

     
    Take all your ingredients

     

    Prep your veggies
     
     
    Rice is cooked perfectly..I used basmati

     

    heat ghee
     
     
    add mustard and cumin
     
     
    add peanuts and sesame seeds
     
     
    channa dal
     
     
    cinnamon and cardamom
     
     
    dry red chilli
     
     
    and fry for few minutes
     
     
    add onion, green chilli and curry leaves
     
     
    add salt
     
     
    and fry well
     
     
    add carrots
     
     
    and mix well..Cook for 5 mins

     

    add rice and toss well
     
     
    tossed
     
     
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    1. vaishali sabnani

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      these look wow!!..I mean I am a grt fan of green chillies...just loving those and ofcourse the tempering is lovely.

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    2. faseela

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      healthy n nutritious rice....

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    3. Archana

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      Wow Aarthi this is beautiful. I love all the colours.

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    4. Sharmilee! :)

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      Looks flavourful and yummy...lovely lunch box idea

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    5. Chus (Dae)

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      Hoy lo hemos comido en casa y está buenísimo. No estoy acostumbrada a tomar mucha zanahoria en mis recetas, pero de esta forma rallada es una delicia. Besos

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    6. Preeti Garg

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      very healthy and rich rice recipe

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    7. maha

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      healthy n cool orange colour rice..i luvd it.....

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    8. Bindu

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      wow.. delicious!!!

      Love the step by step pics 🙂

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    9. Chef Mireille

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      nice, colorful rice

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    10. Suma Gandlur

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      I keep it simple but love your version too.

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    11. Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi

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      my daughter would definitely love this for her lunch 🙂

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    12. Mano Saminathan

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      Simple but delicious rice! Nice clicks!!

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    13. Rocio Valle Gonzalez

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      wow!! I love this post! my husband love rice, so... it is perfect to give the white rice another one more chace!! thanx!! hugs from spain!! 🙂

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    14. Claudia

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      Lovely to look at, healthy to eat!

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    15. vrinda

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      Thats a yummy n healthy rice preparation...

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    16. Archana Vivek

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      Very healthy and good one.

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    17. Smitha

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      looks delicious!

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    18. Velva

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      This looks delicious. Simple and healthy too.

      Velva

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    19. Hema

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      Adding sesame seeds should have made it more flavorful..

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    20. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

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      Mmmmm really like the sound of that. Diane

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    21. Curry and Comfort

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      I could eat the entire bowl!! Looks wonderful!

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    22. Teena Mary

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      Great recipe! Simple & Healthy one too!

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    23. Plateful

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      Love this one pot meal idea. Brilliant and delicious!

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    24. Plateful

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      Love this one pot meal idea. Brilliant and delicious!

      Reply
    25. Plateful

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      Love this one pot meal idea. Brilliant and delicious!

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    26. Biny Anoop

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      have tried it and loved it

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    27. Srivalli

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      That's neat!

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    28. anthony stemke

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      Thanks for this, I love rice and carrots. The spices are fabulous.

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    29. Saraswathi Iyer

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      Looks delicious.

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    30. cookingvarieties

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      hi aarthi, how are you. great and delicious looking carrot fried rice. mmm must try. have a nice day dear

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    31. Indrani

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      Yummy n healthy rice, love the look of it...

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    32. Mélange

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      A yummy and healthy addition to the lunch box recipes.Completely awesome dear.

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    33. Kalpana Sareesh

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      wow very healthy one during school days my mom makes this often which i hate.. but i am badly missin it..

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    34. Kanchana Radhakrishnan

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      healthy and delicious receipe.

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    35. Meena

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      now this is real cool twist. i too use left over rice at times but use onions garam masala and grated carrot. so it gives color of orange and white. but u made it even better with sesame seeds and dals. shud try it out this way too..

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    36. Kaveri

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      A healthy delicious and colorful rice.

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    37. Shanthi

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      Just looks awesome!!! very nice pics.

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    38. jeyashrisuresh

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      simple and delicious rice

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    39. Rujuta

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      The rice looks great... so colorful...

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    40. radha

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      Will try this one soon. It looks so good

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    41. PJ

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      This is Lil Angels fav rice. Color looks great...

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    42. PJ

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      This is Lil Angels fav rice. Color looks great...

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    43. morri

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      This is a great fried rice, one of my absolute favourites. I already made it several times. The carrots and onions give it such a lovely sweet note.

      Reply

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