Algerian ' Zrodiya Mcharmla' - Carrots With Vinegar

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g carrots
• 3 tablespoons oil (veg, olive, sunflower etc)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 hot pepper (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel and slice the carrots into rounds; boil in lightly salted water until just tender.
• 2 meanwhile prepare the 'dersa' (sauce). in a grinder or mortar and pestle, grind the garlic, hot pepper and red pepper (paprika) with the caraway seeds and some salt (to taste).
• 3 add 1 tbsp water to the sauce. mix the sauce with the oil and combine well. drain the carrots. pour the sauce over the carrots and return to to a low heat. cover and cook on low for a few minutes to allow the carrots time to take on the flavour of the sauce.
• 4 add the vinegar and serve hot or cold (room temp!).