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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Steam the carrots in a steamer basket for about 5 minutes, or until barely tender. Reserve 5 tbsp of the cooking water. | 2. Meanwhile, toast the cumin seeds in a dry skillet just until they release their fragrance. Set aside. | 3. In a pot that will be large enough to hold the carrots, saute the garlic in the oil for about 1 minute. Add the 5 tbsp of carrot cooking water, the hot sauce, lemon juice, cumin seed, sugar and salt. Mix well. | 4. Add in the carrots, partially cover and cook over med-low heat until the carrots are tender and the liquid has reduced, approximately 10 minutes. Do not let it dry out completely. | 5. Stir in the mint leaves and serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
carrot	2 1/2		peeled sliced	131.2	30.656	2.9760000000000004	0.768
sauce	1/2	teaspoon		4.925	0.13699999999999998	0.2582	0.373
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
garlic clove	3		sliced	-	-	-	-
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
cumin seed	2	teaspoons	toasted	15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
sugar	1/2	teaspoon		9.177	2.2954	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
mint	2	tablespoons	chopped	5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.