Chitranna
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Chitranna is a rice-based dish mostly prepared in homes in the southern part of India
. It usually involves mixing boiled rice with something called gojju or Chitrannada Gojju (means, Chitranna's gojju). Chitranna's gojju is prepared by initial seasoning of mustard, jeerige, coriander leaves, garlic, chillies followed by the frying of onion and other optional items such as lemon
or Raw Mango scrapes. The salt is added depending upon the taste requirement. The cilantro and coconut powder can be used, for added flavour. Depending on the ingredients, various types of Chitranna can be prepared:
How to prepare chitranna:
Ingriedients required -
Rice,capsicum,lemon squeeze,onions,salt,mirchi,mustard seeds,zeera,oil
fry chopped onions,capsicum,mustard seeds,zeera in oil. add salt,lemon squeeze and mirchi after frying for about 15 minutes. Mix this to boiled rice and chitranna is ready!
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. It usually involves mixing boiled rice with something called gojju or Chitrannada Gojju (means, Chitranna's gojju). Chitranna's gojju is prepared by initial seasoning of mustard, jeerige, coriander leaves, garlic, chillies followed by the frying of onion and other optional items such as lemon
Lemon
The lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...
or Raw Mango scrapes. The salt is added depending upon the taste requirement. The cilantro and coconut powder can be used, for added flavour. Depending on the ingredients, various types of Chitranna can be prepared:
- Nimbehannu Chitranna : The default Chitranna where lemon juice and turmericTurmericTurmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive...
are used - Eerulli Chitranna : Fried onion pieces are mixed with rice
- Mavinakayi Chitranna : Raw mango scrapes are ground into a paste and mixed with rice
- Kayi-Sasive Chitranna : Grated coconut and mustard seeds are ground into a paste and mixed with rice
How to prepare chitranna:
Ingriedients required -
Rice,capsicum,lemon squeeze,onions,salt,mirchi,mustard seeds,zeera,oil
fry chopped onions,capsicum,mustard seeds,zeera in oil. add salt,lemon squeeze and mirchi after frying for about 15 minutes. Mix this to boiled rice and chitranna is ready!