Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:10 mins  CookTime:10 mins   Cuisine:Indian

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This, Broccoli – Carrot stir fry, is my first try with this combo. My kids never liked broccoli in any curry / stir fry.

“Yuuuck!!…” was their reaction whenever I tried to convince them about any broccoli based dish .

Being a mom, I was always worried about not including such healthy green vegetable into their diet.

I tried few other curry recipes with broccoli, which weren’t not so appealing for them. But this stir fry turned out very finger lickingly delectable.

And my kids loved it so much, that I had to make it again in the same week. 🙂 

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1. How to serve ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:
2. Health Benefits of ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:
3. Other recipes from my blog:
4. Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:
5. Prep Work:
6. Cooking:
7. Tips & Storage:
8. Result:
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How to serve ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:

This stir fry can be part of Indian Meal Platter, as a side dish with steamed rice (or) chapati, Indian flat bread. Just as shown in the below Meal Platter, Link for the below Meal Platter⇒ Bhojanam / Thali / Platter # 19

Being a stir fry with mild flavoured spices, this goes very well for taco filling, or as part of a Buddha Bowl / salad bowl too.

It can be served as a side with:

• Chinese Stir Fry Veg & Noodles (Air Fryer, Stove Top)
• Basil Pesto Peas Spaghetti (Instant Pot, Stove Top)
• Spaghetti with Homemade Pesto Sauce (Instant Pot, Stove Top)
• Chana Tadka / Seasoned Chickpeas (Instant Pot, Stove Top)

You might have them along with lettuce wraps (or) lettuce cups. Few of my recipes:

• Lettuce Wraps with Sweet Corn Pomegranate Salad / Kosambari
• Lettuce Cups with Low Cals, Instant Salad

Health Benefits of ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:

Broccoli is an excellent green vegetable, which is rich in iron, folic acid, fibre and vitamin C, K. On the other hand, carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, fibre, weight loss friendly food with lower cholesterol levels and gives improved eye health.

Carrots are a great source of beta carotene, Vitamin K, folate, vitamin A & anti-oxidants.

To Conclude: Most importantly, both broccoli & carrots are quite low in carbs. Hence adding this, ‘Broccoli Carrot stir fry’ into my Low Calories recipes collection⇒  Weight Loss Food / Low Carb Recipes

Other recipes from my blog:

Before starting to cook, don’t forget to see the Tips  mentioned at the end.

Curry Recipes Collection⇒ Curry / Koora / Stir Fry

Weekend meal platters with plan⇒  Bhojanam / Thali / Meal Platter

Salad recipes collection⇒  Salads & Soups

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Ingredients:

• Broccoli – 1 head (medium size)
• Carrots – 4 (medium size)
• Coriander – 3 twigs
• Lemon Juice – 1 tablespoon
• Cooking Oil – 3 tablespoons
• Water – ½ cup
• Sesame seeds – 3 to 4 tablespoons
• Salt – 1½ teaspoons
• Dry Red Chilli Flakes – 1½ teaspoon

Ingredients for Tempering :

• Jeera / Cumin Seeds – ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
• Mustard Seeds / Aavalu – ½ teaspoon
• Dry Red Chillies / Fresh Green Chillies – 3 
• Chopped Garlic – 1 tablespoon (optional)

Special Ingredients:

• Sesame seeds
• Dry Red Chilli Flakes

Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Broccoli – Carrot Stir Fry’:

Prep Work:

Wash the broccoli, carrots and coriander.

Cut the broccoli into small florets. We need 1 cup.

Peel the carrots and finely chop them. We need 1 cup.

Finely chop the coriander leaves. Put aside.

Cooking:

Put a frying pan on stove top under medium flame.

Add the sesame seeds, dry roast by stirring continuously, until you get a nice aroma / the seeds turn golden colour.

Take them off the pan & let them cool. Using a spice blender, blend into fine powder.

Return the pan back to stove top, add the oil and heat it. Put the ‘Ingredients for Tempering’ and sauté them.

Add all the broccoli florets & carrot pieces, water and 1 teaspoon salt to the pan.

Give everything a stir and close the pan with lid. Keep stirring in between (for every one minute), but replace the lid.

After 4-5 mins, check for the crunchiness of the veggies. If satisfied, then go for the seasoning. If not let the veggies cook for more time.

Add red chilli flakes, sesame seeds powder, half of chopped coriander and remaining salt (½ teaspoon).

Gently keep stirring everything, so that the powder & flakes sticks throughout.

Switch the flame off after a minute and squeeze the lemon juice on top.

Transfer the stir fry into a serving bowl, garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Done!!

Tips & Storage:

• Instead of chopping the carrot, you can even opt to grate them.
• To check if the veggies are cooked or not, take a piece and press it between your fingers or cut it with the ladle. 
• Replace the dry red chilli flakes with red chilli powder / paprika, in case you do not have dry red chilli flakes. But, the taste would be perfect only with dry red chilli flakes.
• You can adjust the salt and spice as per your taste.
• Fry the veggies according to your desired consistency. This dish tastes good even when the veggies are just half steamed / sautéed.
• Storage: This recipe stays good only for 1 day at room temperature. And stays good for 2-3 days when stored in the refrigerator.

Result:

• The taste of this, broccoli carrot stir fry was just marvellous. And my kids loved it so much, that I had to make it again in the same week. 🙂
• We had this stir fry as a side dish, along with steamed hot rice, as part of our Indian Meal Platter.  Link for the Meal Platter where this dish is served as a side⇒ Bhojanam / Thali / Platter # 19

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