Carrot Chutney

Ingredients:
Medium Carrots - 3
Hot Green Chillies - 3 (add 2 more if you dare)
Garlic - 1 clove
Tamarind and Salt - according to taste

Seasoning:
Oil - 1/2 tablespoon
Dry Red Chilly - 1
Bengal gram dal ("chana dal", yellow split peas) - 1/2 teaspoon
Split black gram [OPTIONAL] - 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Cumin seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves
A pinch of asafoetida [OPTIONAL]

Method:
1. Fry green chillies in 1/2 tablespoon hot oil for 3 minutes and take
them out of the oil (the same oil can be used for seasoning).
2. Cut carrots into pieces so that it will be easy to grind. Without
adding water, grind carrot pieces, fried green chillies, garlic, tamarind
and salt until the carrots and chillies are finely grated.
3. Fry all the ingredients for seasoning in oil until the cumin seeds
pop and add them to the carrot mix.

Tastes good with Rice or Chapati (Bread).

Author: Sundar
Author's comments: Mom's recipe