Carrot Sambaro

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Curried Carrots with a zing! From Tanzania.

This is a side dish to a main curry.

This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: plants and fungi.

Ingredients

250gm
organic carrots
5 ml
mustard seed
2.5 ml
FAIRTRADE turmeric
2
cloves garlic
5 ml
FAIRTRADE chilli powder
15 ml
FAIRTRADE lemon juice

Method

Peel the carrots and slice them small, and then par boil (10 minutes in boiling water).

Peel and chop the garlic.

In a heavy pan fry the mustard seed, turmeric, garlic, and chilli for a minute or so.

Add the par-boiled carrots and stir them round until they are coated with the spice mixture.

Add a little salt, cover the pan, and simmer gently for 5 minutes.

To serve

Just before serving, splash with a little lemon juice, or provide a lemon quarter to each person.

Variation

In place of chilli powder use a fresh green chilli, de-seeded and sliced fine.

Instead of the lemon juice, provide a lemon quarter each.