Carrot fries and hung yogurt relish- teen approved

teen approved carrot fries
Passing through the teen phase is a tryout through a million things that go wrong. It is the phase where you begin to recognise black and white are not the only colours in ideas and people. A sudden grey appears from nowhere clouding the most important aspect of life, judgement.
The sudden expectation to be a person can be overwhelming the sudden changes in the hormones can be overpowering, a sudden change from play and school to future and career thoughts to top it all can really leave them exhausted. In addition food choices, growth spurts etc do add up to the frustration.
As a parent, the best advice I have received was to learn a cat, coz that how this phase is going to be. Being a dog-friendly person and expecting my kids to have everlasting cuddles. All this broke the very day one of mine turned teen.😅 It was a slow and steady recovery from then. We got a feline to learn to handle this transformation. So far that experiment is successful, coz that someone is always hungry.
carrot

Cool Eats

One of the things I learnt in the process was “cool eats.” At the same time, I am a mum who can worry about nutrition, the effects and more. The oily acne inducing packaged stuff sure does catch the eye, but rarely comes home nowadays. Slowly and steadily we have learnt to make cooler snacks. So here is the easiest
Baked carrot fries with a yoghurt relish.
We also have
Chips with Sriracha Hummus
carrot
Nevertheless, the learning through my journey so far is ..   Listen and open up your space with love and not judgement ( tough one, I am learning too)
Enjoy this short fuss-free one today, which goes towards #rootingforroots by Sujata Shukla from the Foodie Monday Blog hop panel.
bloghop
Enjoy this sweet root one. On mix up some purple carrots too if you have, it makes a hugely colourful platter. Pin in for your future use.
teen approved carrot fries

Carrot fries and hung yogurt relish

baked cool treat.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Snacks
Cuisine American, Baking, Continental, diabetic friendly, Fusion, gluten free, International, Kids choice, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter
Calories 112 kcal

Ingredients
  

for the fries

  • 300 gram carrots
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • fresh herbs I used oregano, swap to any you like.

for the yogurt relish

  • 1/2 cup low fat yogurt
  • 10-12 pieces pickle use brine pickled gerkin slices,pickled peppercorns(check pickles and preserves for recipe) red peppers or jalapenoes
  • 1 tbsp pickling juice
  • 1 tsp fresh herbs chopped
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

For the baked fries

  • Wash and pat dry the carrots.
  • Cut them into two to three inch long and further into fingers
  • Toss in the olive oil, salt and crushed herb leaves.
    carrot
  • Bake at 160 degrees for 10 minutes
  • Remove and flip the fingers over and re bake for another 5 minutes.
  • Once done it is ready to serve
    carrot

For the yogurt relish

  • Finely chop the pickles and herbs you have chosen.
  • Mix it well in the yogurt, with the pickling liquid.
  • Grate the garlic clove and str in that too.
  • Adjust the salt ( the pickling liquid will be salty)
  • Ready to serve... dunk in the chips.
    teen approved carrot fries

Notes

The seasonal herbs of choice can be used.
The baking temperatures may vary slightly if using fan-forced oven
Here is the link for the peppercorn pickle.
pepper corn pickle in lemon

Nutrition

Calories: 112kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 652mgPotassium: 257mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6g
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Poonam Bachhav
5 years ago

Can relate to your thoughts Seema. To be a parent if teen is not an easy task. I will be sailing in the same boat a couple of years later.
Anyways loved the baked carrot fingers . Sounds healthy and delicious munching snack.

Vidya Narayan
Vidya Narayan
5 years ago

The Carrot fries and the dip looks delicious and this is totally the kind of meal for the cool kids. Enjoy the new phase of life and who knows, may be you end up becoming their best friend.

The Girl Next Door
5 years ago

Wow, I love the idea of these baked carrot fingers! Such a healthy and flavourful snacking option it is.   The dip sounds absolutely yummylicious too.

Mayuri Patel
5 years ago

Seema, I’m so glad that my kids are grown up, when I hear how with time its becoming more difficult to handle kids with raging hormones. I think for me the influence of gadgets was not so great back then. Coming to the recipe, I’ve never actually tried carrot fries.. I should as the sweetness from the carrot will be balanced out by the tangy yogurt relish.

Julie Starr
5 years ago

Great recipe…I can’t wait to try it with my teens. We are vegetarians and are always looking for something new.

Sujata Shukla
5 years ago

Food is finally the way to a Teen’s heart! And kids being quite health conscious these days, Im sure your teen would have loved the baked carrots with delicious yogurt relish.

Sujata Roy
5 years ago

Wow baked carrot looks so inviting. We make carrot fry or gajar bhaja but you made it totally guilt free. Awesome share.

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