Moroccan Carrot Salad with Cumin

North African carrot salads can be savory, spicy, or sweet. The carrots may be cut into rounds or julienne, or cooked until soft enough to be mashed. Simy Danan cooks her carrots whole in water with a smashed clove of garlic, then cuts them into ½-inch rounds. Helene Ganz Perez, in Marrakech la rouge, cuts the carrots into rounds before cooking. An Algerian version of the recipe increases the garlic to 3 c