14 February, 2018

YELLANNA/YELLINA ANNA rice preparation using white sesame seeds as main ingredient

The ‘yellu’ translates to sesame seeds and ‘anna’ translates to cooked rice, ie… yellanna/yellina anna translates to cooked rice tempered with roasted and ground sesame seeds along with few other spices.

This is a very easy rice preparation, which is comfortably hot because of red chilies used in this and is prepared mostly during winter season. This is also called as yellina chitranna. Roasted sesame seeds gives this rice dish a special nutty taste besides making the dish aromatic

This rice dish is one of my personal favourite chitranna. We also prepare this chitranna definitely during Shankranthi festival. Very easy and quick to make chitranna with a very few ingredients.

However you can check some more recipes which uses this small wonder seeds ie sesame seeds –

Ingredients :

Cooked rice – 3 cups
Salt to taste

To dry roast & grind :

White sesame seeds – 1/4 cup
Grated fresh coconut – 5 tbsp
Whole red chilli – 5 nos., for colour & 2 nos., hot
Tamarind – 1/2 tbsp
Hing – 1/4 tsp

For tempering :

Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
White or black sesame seeds – 1tsp
Bengal gram lentil – 2 tbsp
Black gram lentil – 1 tbsp
Peanuts – 1/3 cup
Curry leaves – few
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Jaggery powder – 1 tsp (optional)

PROCEDURE :

Dry roast all the ingredients under the heading ‘ to dry roast & grind ‘, don’t burn, allow it to cool completely and then grind coarsely by adding little water