CHITRANNA

Chitranna is a very famous South Indian rice dish from Karnataka. During my college days, whenever there was excess rice from previous night my mother is to prepare chitranna for my lunch box and I just loved it. I can even have it everyday.


Ingredients
Rice 1 cup
Oil 3 tsp
Few Curry Leaves
Mustard Seeds 1/4tsp
Cumin Seeds 1/4th tsp
Urad Dal 1/4th tsp
Channa dal 1/4th tsp
Green chillies 2-3 nos
Peanuts 2 tsp
Onion 1 no finely chopped
Turmeric 1/4th
Salt 3/4 tsp
Sugar 1/2tsp(optional)
Lemon 3-4tsp
Finely chopped Corriander Leaves


Method

• Prepare rice as you normally do and spread it on a big wide plate, to cool it down
  
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds allow them to splatter
• Add Urad dal, channa dal and peanuts, fry them until golden brown
• Now add curry leaves , green chillies, turmeric powder, sugar and salt
• Add onion and fry until they just start turning brown
• Take it off from the flame
• Now add this to the prepared rice and mix well by moving your hand slowly in circular motion. Be careful while mixing with hand as mixture may be hot. You can mix it with your serving spoon as well. But spoon might break your rice. The choice is yours. I like mixing it with hand.
  
• Add lemon juice and mix well
• Garnish with corriander leaves and your chitranna is ready to serve with curd and/or pickles
  

Serves: 2-4