Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chitranna/ lemon rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chitranna/ lemon rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chitranna/ lemon rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
rice recipe or chitranna recipe from karnataka. spices and lemon juice. having said that, the chitranna rice can also be made with freshly cooked rice too. but extra precautions have to be taken. Chitranna (Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ; also known as lemon-rice) is a rice-based dish widely prepared in South India. It is prepared by mixing cooked rice with a special seasoning called Oggarane or Gojju. Characteristic for the seasoning are mustard seeds, fried lentils, peanuts, curry leaves, chillies.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chitranna/ lemon rice using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chitranna/ lemon rice:
- Prepare uncooked rice
- Take oil
- Prepare mustard seeds
- Take cumin seeds
- Get dry red chilly
- Get udad dal
- Get hing
- Prepare turmeric powder
- Get curry leaves
- Make ready green chilly
- Make ready Mustard powder
- Prepare peanuts
- Make ready roasted chana
- Make ready Juice from 1/2 a lime
- Prepare Salt per taste
- Get Garnish
- Take Coconut
- Prepare Cilantro
- Get Cashews
Jump to Recipe Print Lemon Rice or Chitranna is a very delicious and flavorful rice with right amount of crunchiness. Chitranna or lemon rice without onion is explained here with step by step pictures and video. This type of chitranna or lemon rice is in practice across malnad region of Karnataka. This onion lemon rice or chitranna with onion is a humble, soothing rice variety that goes well with simple curd, Potato fry, and fryms.
Steps to make Chitranna/ lemon rice:
- Cook the rice with 1 and half cup water so it becomes fluffed and grains are non sticky.
- Heat oil in a kadhai. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Once they crackle add udad dal, hing, dry red chilly, curry leaves, green chillyand turmeric powder.
- Now add peanuts and roasted chana(dalia) to this. Roast the peanuts until crisp.
- Add this tempering to the cooked and cooled rice. Add salt, mustard powder and lemon juice. Mix well.
- Garnish with coconut, cilantro and cashews.
- Option to use grated raw mango instead of lemon. Enjoy this quick wholesome dish.
This type of chitranna or lemon rice is in practice across malnad region of Karnataka. This onion lemon rice or chitranna with onion is a humble, soothing rice variety that goes well with simple curd, Potato fry, and fryms. How to make a perfect chitrannam? Lemon Rice also called Chitranna in Kannada is an easy to prepare yet flavorful rice dish. This is also a good way to use the left over rice or maybe a quick dish idea when unexpected guests arrive.
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