Bhath[Karnataka Special]-------------Eruli and Nimbe hananni Chitranna / Lemon and onion Rice

                        
Chitranna / Lemon rice is Rice dish which is a very much speciality of Bangalore / Mysore region of Karnataka.We can prepare this dish very easily and it taste really good.According to the ingredients we can prepare different types of  Chitranna. few are like,
Nimbehannina(Lemon ) chitranna
Erulli(Onion ) Chitranna
Capsicum  Chitranna
Mavinakai (Raw Mango) Chitranna
Kai-Sasve (Coconut-rai) Chitranna
etc...
Here i am posting Eruli Chitranna/ lemon rice .Among all these variety Lemon rice is the Famous and easy to prepare.During Festivals and in Functions mostly people prepare this dish.In festivals and functions only Lemon rice is prepared without any onion and garlic. Chitranna means mixed rice. My mom and i think many people Prepare Lemon rice/Mango rice with Lemon Juice on Ram Navammi.So here is the simple Lemon rice recipe.....

Ingredients:

  • 2cup Sonamasuri Rice
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 3-5 green chilies
  • salt
  • sugar(optional)
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • coriander leaves
  • 1 small onion medium cut
  • 1" ginger(optional)
  • 1 tbsp fresh grated coconut 
  • seasoning:
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1/2 mustard seeds
  • 1/2 urad dal
  • 1/2 tsp channa dal
  • 1 tsp peanut/cashews
  • 1 red chili broken into pieces
  • curry leaves
  • pinch of hing(asafoetida)
Method:

Cook rice in pressure cooker ,carefully add water (mainly less than the usual)while cooking because rice should not be soft and the rice grain should be like separated to each other.if not then while mixing with the gojju it will become paste.Best way of doing it is after the rice is cooked spread that rice on a plate and let it cool off for a while before adding it in gojju.

Now take a pan add seasoning,when mustard start spluttering add,green chilies,ginger, onion(you can also use Capsicum along with onion or only capsicum) and stir fry till onion turns red.
Now add salt,turmeric powder,sugar and stir for 1 minute.
Finally add rice,coconut and mix it properly.
Let it simmer for 2 minutes.add lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.

The other method of doing it is sprinkle turmeric powder and salt,sugar on the cooked spreaded rice.
then when the onion is fried add coconut and stir for 1 minute.pour this gojju on the rice.add lemon juice and
coriander leaves and mix everything properly .


                                                             
                                                                                                             
Both ways is tasty but taste differs.
Your yummy and easy  Lemon  rice is ready.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

cool pista-badam/kesar Kulfi (Indian Icecream)

Image
I think everybody is familiar with this delicious cool dessert .when we were kids eating this cool Indian Ice cream is to be so much fun.sometimes with our mom's help ,used to prepare this ice cream at home and used to be very impatient to eat it.we used check freezer every 5 minutes to see if the Kulfi is done and mom used to scold us for that. But after a long wait the result used to be very delicious.And we used to proudly eat that icecrem as we used to believe we made it. So here is the recipe of sweet,simple yet delicious Indian Ice Cream ---------------- The ingredients and procedure is almost the same as Basundi,only here you can omit the use of charoli if you want.rest all procedure is the same for making the milk. Ingredients: 2 litre Full Milk 4 cups sugar 1/4 cup badam,pista and cashew powder 4-5 strands of kesar 1 tsp cardamon powder 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder Method: Take a big heavy pan ,start boiling milk on low to medium flame stirring occasionally ti
Read more

Prasadam-------Limbehanni(Lemon/Nimbu) Panaka and Kosambri

Image
As i said earlier this is a must prasadam for Ramanavmi .In all Ramji temples too in karnataka during Ramnavmi this along with Kosambri is the main prasad.This is nothing but simple lemon juice but really when prepared during that day somehow it taste very amazing. Kosambri is mainly prepared with hesarubele(Moondal/green gram dal) .In many functions and festivals it is prepared and keep it as prasad too. As last month when i did Ramnavmi at my home i thought why not share this simple prasadam recipe too with my friends. Ingredients and method : for Panaka: 2 cups water 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp cardamon powder pinch of salt Method: Take a pan,mix together all the above ingredients. Keep in front of god as a prasad and after pooja is done, serve as it is or cold. Kosambri: Ingredients: 1 cup green gram dal 1/4 cup grated carrot 2 tsp fresh grated coconut 1/4 cup finely chopped cucumber 2-3 green chilies finely chopped coriander leaves fi
Read more

Ajethna/Thal[Mangalore Cuisine]-----Brinjal(Eggplant) and capsicum(Bell pepper) palya(Sabzi/Dry curry)

Image
This recipe i learned after my marriage.Its our udupi style curry.If you don't like brinjal also you will love this palya.In Hindi you can say chatpati sabzi.Here in USA the Eggplant what we get is the purple big once which is not that great for this curry.In India we do it with Mangalore Gulla(brinjal)green ones or Mysore badnekai(brinjal)green long ones or the normal indian size (small) baingan(brinjal) you can use.that type you get it in Indian store here.anyways every time we cannot go to Indian store,so i found some alteration to the recipe and came out good.I used quater of the big purple brinjal what we get in here in walmart and rest i substituted with capsicum(bell pepper).try this you will like it. Ingredients: 5 small Brinjals(Eggplants)/quarter(1/4)of big brinjal 1-2  big capsicum(bell pepper) 1 big onion 1 red chili curry leaves 1tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp urad dal 1/4 tsp hing powder salt to taste 1"-2" jaggery 1 tsp tamarind extract/1/4 tsp tamar
Read more