Cute Carrot Rice

Carrot Flowers.
Yes,  that's our main ingredient my dear reader, Carrot Flowers.

How do you make carrot flowers? Well, if you're not exactly pro with a knife, a cutout is they key to success. I bought these japanese ones for about 2$, really cheap and so much faster for me than cutting it with a knife.

Bit sturdier than a cookie cutter

They're a bit taller than the average cookie cutter, and only the bottom is shaped, as you can see.

All you need is:

• Rice
• Carrots ( one per every 2-3 cups of cooked rice)

And a few seasonings, to enhance the flavor:

• Soy sauce
• Sesame oil
• Salt

First, wash and peel your carrot. Then cut the carrot into coins that are about 1-3 millimeters.

When you have these coins, then cut out your flowers, either with cutters, like mine, or with a knife. Keep the cut out scraps.

Then stir fry them with some soy sauce, sesame oil, and salt. There should be very little sesame oil used, only as much as a small spoonful, and there should not be so much soy sauce that the carrots turn very dark. Cook them until they are no longer crunchy, but still firm. The carrots should look tanned, but not dark. Salt to taste and remove from pan. Your carrots should look like this:

After stir frying the flowers, take the bits of leftover carrot pieces from the cut outs and chop them into little bits, like this:

Cook them in the same way that you cooked the flower shaped ones, and once they are done, add your rice to the pan, and stir it while it cooks.

Once it's done, garnish with the flower carrots, and you're done!!

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoyed writing it :)

Sweet Pea