Chitranna

Chitranna is a popular dish in Karnataka. It is easy to prepare and is very tasty.

Serves: Six

Cooking time: approximately 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Cooked rice – 4 cups
• Onion – 1 no
• Tomato – 2 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Ginger – 1 inch long
• Curry and coriander leaves – few
• Lemon juice – of one lemon
• Red chilli powder – ½ tea spoon
• Turmeric powder – ½ tea spoon
• Oil – 2 table spoon
• Salt – as per taste
• For seasoning
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Urad dal (split Black gram) – 1 tea spoon
  • Bengal gram – 1 tea spoon
  • Red chilli – 2 no
  • Ground nut – ¼ cup
  • Asafetida (hing) – pinch

Method

Step 1

• Chop onion,tomato,ginger,green chilli,curry and coriander leaves.

Step 2

• Heat a pan with oil, add all the seasonings and fry till crisp.
• Add chopped onions,green chilli,ginger,salt and fry.
• Add curry,coriander leaves and fry for a while; add tomato and cook till tomato get mashed.
• Add turmeric, red chilli powder and fry well.
• Now add cooked rice, mix well and remove from the pan; add lemon juice, mix well.

Serve with Potato fry, Pachadi and Fried Papad.

Tips:

• Ground nut need to be fried crisp while seasoning.
• Add lemon juice in the mix only after removing from the flame.