9 July, 2019
ONION/EERULLI CHITRANNA…. Spinach/Palak flavored
Today made our own karnataka breakfast special and one of my most favorite rice dish, onion/eerulli chitranna with a healthy twist using Spinach/Palak paste/puree And named it as Palak eerulli chitranna (palak onion rice)…. but originally this dish has been innovated by Manoj – my first son – what a healthy innovation -I must say !!
Recently one day as soon as I got up in the morning and checked my cell phone, I had received a image of a rice dish from Manoj and below that he had written like – Amma I had left with some palak leaves, wanted to finish it off…. but I was Planning to make eerulli chitranna (onion rice) for dinner, so… I pureed that palak and added it to the eerulli chitranna itself and it tasted yummy! As a huge fan of this rice dish my mouth was watering and I immediately wanted to try it out without any delay with a very few modifications to it.
So very proudly (Keep it up Manoj) sharing the recipe with you all. I served palak eerulli chitranna with apple raita.
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml, serves – 3 to 4
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Pea nuts – 1/3 cup
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Split bengal gram – 1 tbsp
- Split black gram – 1/2 tbsp
- Curry leaves – 2 strands
- Green chili – 4 to 6 (adjust)
- Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
- Onion (chopped) – 2 medium sized
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Palak puree – 1/2 cup (rinse well the palak leaves and grind coarsely without adding any water)
- Salt – to taste
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Cooked rice – 3 cups
- Lemon juice – as per taste (I have added juice of 1 big lemon)
PROCEDURE :
- Heat oil in a pan, first add in peanuts and roast until they turn crisp, turn the heat to low and add in mustard seeds, bengal gram, black gram and curry leaves. Increase the heat and saute for a while
- Now add in green chili, coriander leaves and onion saute until onion turns translucent
- Make space in the centre of the pan, add in ghee put cumin seeds, roast for a while and then put palak puree/paste, salt and saute for 3 to 4 minutes, add in turmeric powder, stir well
- Turn off the heat and add in cooked rice, salt required for rice, lemon juice and combine everything really well
- Serve as such or with coconut chutney or raita
