Indian Carrot Bread Recipes

CARROT BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Combine eggs, oil and milk; stir into flour mixture until well blended. Stir in carrots, coconut, cherries, raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for ten minutes before removing from the pan to cool completely. Store in plastic wrap to keep moist.

INDIAN CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• This is a beautiful fresh Indian-style salad with a zingy crispness that goes wonderfully with spicy lamb. The dressed carrots can be served on their own with some added apple or celery for extra sweetness and crunch.
• Heat a large frying pan and fry your ground lamb until all the fat comes out of it. Add the garam masala and a good pinch of salt and give it a stir. Keep frying until the meat is lovely and crispy. Shave the carrots into long thin strips with a peeler or a mandoline slicer and set them aside.
• Heat a small frying pan over a moderate heat and toast the cumin seeds for 30 seconds - they will start to smell nutty and gorgeous. You're not trying to cook the seeds here, you're just waking their flavors up a bit. Put them into a pestle and mortar and grind them up. Put the pan back on the heat and toast the sesame seeds until golden. Transfer them to a plate.
• Slice your peeled shallots or onion wafer thin. As with all salads that contain onion, you don't want to be coming across great big chunks! If you don't feel confident about your knife skills, use the coarse side of a box grater instead. This will almost mush your onions to a puree, but at least you won't come across any big bits.
• To make your dressing, put the lemon zest and juice into a bowl and add the shallots or onion, grated ginger, ground cumin and a pinch of salt. Whisk everything together with about 5 tablespoons of extra- virgin olive oil. Pour the dressing over the carrots, add the cilantro and mint leaves, and mix it all together using your fingers. It's important that you have a little taste to check whether the dressing needs more lemon juice, oil or seasoning.
• Divide the crispy lamb between 4 plates and put the dressed salad on top. Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds. Served with naan bread, some yogurt and lemon halves, this makes a great snack!
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EASY CARROT SALAD (INDIAN-STYLE)

Steps:

• Toss carrots, chopped cilantro, and crushed peanuts together in a large bowl.
• Stir lemon juice, sugar, and salt into carrot mixture.
• Set aside long enough to allow the sugar to dissolve, about 10 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro to serve.

INDIAN CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease an 8-inch square pan.
• In a saucepan, over medium heat, bring carrots in water to a boil; boil until tender (10 minutes).
• Remove from heat and add honey, brown sugar, butter, cornmeal, and milk.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Combine dry mixture with carrot mixture, then transfer to baking pan.
• Bake until a cake tester insterted in middle comes out clean (45-50 minutes).
• Serve hot with butter.