Wash and soak rice for about 20 minutes. Cook it grainy and set aside
Heat and pan with oil and fry all the dry spices until they crackle. add curry leaves.
Add onions and saute until transparent or golden.
Saute ginger garlic paste till the raw smell vanishes.
Add carrots and saute for one to two minutes.
Sprinkle salt and mix. Cook till the veggies are cooked.
Add spice powders- chili powder, masala powder coriander leaves.
Stir and saute for a minute for the raw smell of chili powder to go off.
Cover and cook on a low heat if using chopped carrots and not grated.
Mix everything well and serve carrot rice with a raita.