Why not add some sweetness to your next meal with this creamy carrot sauce! Made with a hint of spice, this creamy carrot sauce will bring color and flavor to all your classic dishes.
One of the best things about switching to a whole-food diet, is the creativity you have with different foods. There's nothing as delicious as preparing homemade sauces, salads and main dishes from fresh ingredients, made with love!
This is where my passion lies; I love creating healthy food from fresh ingredients, rather than store-bought versions. I'm always on the lookout for ways to make delicious meals from all kinds of antioxidant-rich ingredients. Any food that's natural and anti-inflammatory, I want to know all about it, and get to share the healing benefits with you.
Today, I thought of doing a creamy pasta sauce using carrots, with just a touch of spice to balance the sweetness of the carrots.
Made with a touch of spices, this creamy carrot sauce has fantastic antioxidant properties that will help you in your clean-eating journey.
This creamy carrot sauce adds moisture, flavor and texture to your dishes, especially pasta. Don't be surprised when your family asks for 2nd helpings, and your friends side-chatting you for the recipe.
This creamy carrot sauce is sweet and triply healthy! (I don't know why triply, it just came in my thoughts, LOL).
Adding spices makes this carrot sauce yummy in flavor. I often use only the spices I have in my kitchen, and since this sauce is also for my lovely kids, I omitted hot spices. So be free to add what works for you.
The Nutritional yeast creates a creamy texture and enhances the delicious flavor of the sauce. You can omit it or substitute it with yogurt.
How to Use Your Creamy Carrot Sauce
You can use this carrot sauce in different dishes like rice, quinoa, pasta, or even vegetables. Make more of this vegetable sauce for future use, store it in your fridge for up to 10 days. Remember to store it in an air-tight jar and close it tightly after every use.
So let's make this carrot sauce, and if you can't chop your carrots because of your pain, just cook them whole and cut them when cooked. (Note that it will take longer than diced carrots.)
I hope now you can use carrot sauce to add nutrition into your classic pasta. This is especially perfect for kids who are picky.
Thank you for being here, I wish you a very lovely time, my thoughts to you if you are in pain. Keep on eating well, you'll soon be feeling much better.
My love to you, Githu.
Yummy Creamy Carrot Sauce
Equipment
- A saucepan
- A Blender
- A knife
- A chopping board
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 tsp cilantro seed
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp anise seeds
- 1 piece of fresh ginger
- 1 piece of fresh turmeric
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 tbsp Cold-pressed olive oil
- 2 tbsp Nutritional yeast
- pinch salt
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
- Clean and dice the carrots, onions, ginger, and turmeric root
- In a saucepan bring all the seeds and let them heat for 1 minute on medium heat
- Add diced onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric. Stir together for 1 minute
- Add oil and stir again and cover the saucepan
- Let the onions cook for about 4 minutes.
- Add salt and cinnamon
- Add the diced carrots and stir, and cook for 3 minutes, stirring now and then
- Meanwhile, boil water in your boiler
- Add the boiling water, stir, and cover to cook for about 6 minutes
- Cut off the heat, add the nutritional yeast, stir and let the carrots cool before transferring into a blender
- Blend into a smooth creamy sauce
- Pour the sauce into a jar, let it cool completely before putting it in your fridge.
Notes
- Cooking time will depend on the size of your carrots; if you cut small pieces, then the cooking will be fast.
- Consider the heat too...
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Published on December 6 2018-Updated on February 16 2021
jones
This is awesome, I will give it a try.
Cate
Thank you dearly.
Holly
What a creative way to add more plants to my diet-- love making sauces at home to control sugar and salt. I haven't tried carrot sauce before but it sounds wonderful!
Bernice Hill
What a versatile sauce. I'll keep this recipe handy for the next garden carrot harvest. I have so many carrots in the fall, I can't use them up fast enough.
HEATHER
Delicious and easy! Stirred into some pasta for a lovely weeknight dinner. Thank you so much for a wonderful recipe!
Githu
Hi, Heather. I am glad that you loved this sauce
Veronika
This sauce looks absolutely delicious! I've never tried it before, but I'm sure it tastes amazing! Will put it on my to-do list.
Beth
What a beautiful sauce, with such a flavorful array of spices. I particularly enjoy fennel and cilantro seeds and can almost smell them right now. Love the use of fresh turmeric, and the sauce goes together so quickly!
Nuffy
Hello Beth. Can you tell me does it taste different to that of say the traditional Italian Sauces? As an example, with Italian Sauces they use Italian Spices, lots of Garlic etc...Would you be kind enough to share your thoughts with me please. Also do you make your sauce in a thermomix...\
Many thanks Nuffy!!
Western Australia...
Melanie C
I will have to make this and freeze in batches. I am always dicing carrots (real fine) to add to my tomato sauces, maybe I can just make this and add it instead. So that it melts into the sauce better.... it's the only way I can get my son to eat them is to sneak them into his food! lol
Addison
This sauce is such a great way to get in those extra veggies! The color is so bright and stunning!
Debbie
What a wonderful way to use carrots ! This sauce looks amazing and I will keep this in mind the next time I have a surplus of carrots.
Nicole
I never would have thought to make a pasta sauce with carrots as the base. It's the perfect way to add more veggies to your diet.
Githu
Exactly, Nicole. I am sure you'll love your carrot sauce
Moop Brown
I really love how quick and easy this recipe is and can see this sauce going really well with a variety of different dishes!
Nuffy
Hi Githu....
I'm trying to get my head around the different spices you have used. It looks beautiful, but does it have the taste of traditional Pasta Sauce, just interested...many thanks, and I must say it looks stunning. Have you ever made this sauce in a Thermomix...
Thank you Nuffy....
Githu
Hi Nuffy, This carrots sauce doesn't taste like pasta sauce. It has the taste of the blended spices, this means that if you want to substitute the spices with what you love or have around you, be free to do so. The carrots will infuse in the spices, you'll not have that carrot taste.
I don't have a thermomix, so I can't answer this part, I regret it.
I hope I've managed to answer your queries, happy cooking, and thank you for being here. I wish you a healthy healing journey, Nuffy.