Chitranna | Lemon Rice
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Chitranna a.k.a lemon-rice is a south-Indian dish. It is perfect for the humid climate and also can be eaten at room temperature, hence perfect for lunch-box. Very simple to make, flavorful, easy on digestion, and won't go bad easily. A bit of (spicy mango or lemon) pickle and curds is sufficient on the side and goes well as a combo.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup - rice (I used sona masoori)
- ¼ cup - peanuts / groundnuts
- Lemon juice from one large lime ( as per taste)
- ½ tsp - mustard seeds
- 3 to 5 - green chilies (or as per taste) - split in center lengthwise.
- 7 to 8 - curry leaves
- ¼ cup - coriander leaves - chopped
- 1 tsp - grated ginger
- 2 tbsp - cooking oil
- ½ tsp - turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp - asafoetida/hing
- Salt - as per your taste
- Cook rice and keep it aside to cool down. You may also carefully spread the rice on a wide-tray to fasten the process.
- In a big pan, heat oil on medium flame and add mustard seeds.
- As mustard sputters, add green chilies, curry leaves, asafoetida and peanuts. Stir and let peanuts roast a bit on medium-low flame
- Meanwhile, add lemon juice and salt to the cooked rice, mix it all together. Keep aside.
- Once the peanut is roasted, add turmeric powder, ginger and coriander leaves. Stir until the raw small is gone (for about a minute or so). [Note:Rather than just garnishing coriander leaves, roasting it gives an unique flavor, aroma and will not let it go bad in lunch-box.]
- Now add the rice mix to the pan and mix it all together. Turn the heat to low, cover and let it warm for about 2 minutes. Turn off the flame.
- Serve with pickle and curds. Of course, any fritters like pakoda's will go well with Lemon rice.
- If packing for lunch, let the Lemon-rice cool down before covering the lunch box lid.
- 1 tsp of (soaked for about 10 minutes) urad dal and chana dal may be add to the seasoning along with peanuts.
- It is important that the cooked rice is cool down, or else the rice will break and get mushy while mixing it.
Labels: Meal, Rice, South-Indian Dish, Tiffin Variety, Vegetarian
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Posted by Swetha @ 7/11/2020 06:01:00 PM ::
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