Carrot Saasme | Carrot Raitha | Saasme Recipes
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 Cups
 
Cooling with mellow sweet carrot flavours, simple carrot saasme
Ingredients
  • 1 small carrot
  • ¾ Cup yogurt
  • ½ Tsp amchur powder
  • ¼ Tsp roasted jeera-pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
For Tadka:
  • 1 Tsp oil
  • 1 broken dry red chilli
  • Few curry leaves/karibevu
  • ¼ Tsp mustard
  • 1 pinch hing
  • Coriander leaves to garnish
Method
  1. Wash, peel and slice the carrot
  2. Boil the carrot till soft, allow it to cool
  3. Puree the carrot in a mixer jar into a smooth paste
  4. Add this paste into a bowl
  5. Sprinkle roasted jeera-pepper powder
  6. Beat yogurt into a smooth mixture and pour this over the carrot mixture
  7. Mix carrot puree and yogurt very well
  8. Sprinkle amchur powder
  9. Make tadka with oil, mustard, hing, curry leaves and dry red chilli
  10. Pour this over the carrot saasme
  11. Garnish with chopped coriander and mix well
  12. Serve as a cooling side dish with rice, carrot saaru
Notes
Use a tender carrot to make this saasme

Ensure the yogurt/curd is not sour, it should be smooth and sweet

For some extra kick, add a pinch of red chilli powder
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/carrot-saasme/