Nellikai Chitranna Recipe | Gooseberry Tangy Rice

Nellikai Chitranna Recipe | Gooseberry Tangy Rice - EverythingTraditional

Nellikai Chitranna Recipe is a very simple-tangy rice made for breakfast or lunch. Saute gooseberries / bettada nellikai green chillies seasoning up with urad, channa dal and peanuts for crunchy. Mix this to cooked rice to prepare Karnataka's popular Nellikai Chitranna or Gooseberry tangy rice.

Traditional rice item from South India - Karnataka is 'Chitranna' very popular and made for breakfast. Nellikai Chitranna is another variety in Chitranna category. During the season, most of our recipes include gooseberries in any form .. amongst Chitranna and Pickle are famous. 

Today lets see how to make Chitranna, this requires cooked and cooled rice as usual.. required for any chitranna. Chitranna is nothing but seasoned rice with main ingredients like lemon, gooseberries, tomato, coconut, tamarind or onions. 

Nellikai chitranna is made with grated gooseberries / bettada nellikai  and chillies as main ingredients, tempering is done with little oil, urad and channadal, turmeric and peanuts. Then the nellikai chitranna mixture is ready. You can also store this for few days, and mix this with cooked rice when required. This can be perfect for packing for one day trips and lunch boxes. 

Nellikai Chitranna Recipe | Gooseberry Tangy Rice Cuisine: Indian / South Indian Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients for Nellikai Chitranna Cooked rice - 2 cups Bettada nellikai / Gooseberries - 2 to 3  Green chillies - 3 Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon Coriander leaves  For Seasoning  Oil - 3 tablespoons Mustard - 1/4 teaspoon Urad dal - 1/2 teaspoon Chana dal - 1/2 teaspoon Peanuts - 2 table spoons Curry leaves

Instructions   Wash and grate gooseberries / bettada nellikai   Heat a pan with oil and add mustard, urad dal and chana dal  Saute for a minute and add peanuts  Saute until peanuts are done and then add green chillies  Add Curry leaves, turmeric and grated gooseberries  Saute and add 1/2 lemon juice (this is optional)  Then add cooked rice and give a good mix and adjust salt   At the end add in finely chopped coriander and switch off the heat

Note:

Lemon juice is optional, the tangyness in the rice can be adjusted with this 

Grated coconut can be added at the end, this renders extra taste. 

This prepared mixture can be stored in refrigerator for about 2 days. when ever required remove and mix cooked rice and ready to serve  

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How to make Nellikai Chitranna Recipe | Gooseberry Tangy Rice with Step-by-step pictures

1. Wash and grate gooseberries / bettada nellikai

 

2. Heat a pan with oil and add mustard, urad dal and chana dal 

3. Saute for a minute and add peanuts 

4. Saute until peanuts are done and then add greenchillies 

5. Add Curry leaves, turmeric and grated gooseberries

 

6. Saute and add 1/2 lemon juice (this is optional)

7. Then add cooked rice and give a good mix and adjust salt 

8. At the end add in finely chopped coriander and switch off the heat 

FAQ's 

1. What is Chitranna?

Chitranna is a south Indian breakfast or lunch recipe made with already cooked rice or left over rice. This is a tempered rice. Tempering is done with mustard, urad and chana dal, peanuts, green chillies and for tangy taste lemon or gooseberries are used up. 

2. What are the usual varieties in Chitranna?

Lemon, gooseberries, coconut, tomato, onion, tamarind chitranna are some of the popular varieties. Some easily cooked vegetables are also used like capsicum, carrots, ridge gourd to make variety of chitranna.