ತರಕಾರಿ ಅನ್ನ | We tasted this tarakari anna recently in a south Indian restaurant called Naivedyam (Vipul Square). I and Mukund (my second Son) got attracted by this dish’s name ‘Tarakari anna’, which translates to ‘vegetable rice’ and we wanted to try and know about its taste. We definitely liked this simple recipe … no
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಕೆಂಪು ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Any kind of red coloured vegetarian rice dish fascinates me little more, than green and yellow coloured ones, no doubt I love those both colours as well …. but still I do prefer red !! And My children, when they were young used to call all the red coloured rice
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ನಿಂಬೇ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಕೆಂಪು ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ವಿಡಿಯೋ | Is there any hard & fast rule that lemon rice should be of yellow color always! No I think ! So changed its color – haha. Yes this time it is red lemon rice ie…. red colored lemon rice, super colorful, super yummy, little spicy and really tangy
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ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಸಿವೆ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ರೀತಿ 2 | Recently I had shared the recipe of how to make kayi sasive chitranna/coconut mustard seeds rice in an authentic way, ie… using tamarind to get the sourness. (you can click and read the recipe of type 1 chitranna) Whereas today I’m here to show one more method ie…
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ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಸಿವೆ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ರೀತಿ 1 | Chitranna is almost everyone’s favorite in Karnataka. We can never have enough of it. Be it any kind of chitranna like eerulli(onion) chitranna, lemon chitranna, mango chitranna, gojjina chitranna, chitranna made using chitrannada pudi, capsicum chitranna, kayi sasive chitranna and Indian gooseberry/bettada nellikayi chitranna – we definitely do
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ಕರಿಬೇವು ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಕರಿಬೇವಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | One of the very healthy, filling, nutritious rice bath/chitranna. In Kannada language word chitranna translates to ‘masala/spices and herbs rice’. Had lot of fresh curry leaves, so thought of making this curry leaves rice which uses more amount of this herb, curry leaves in it. Basically a dry
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ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Today made our own Karnataka special breakfast and one of my most favorite rice dish, onion or 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
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ಎಳ್ಳು ಪುಡಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಎಳ್ ಪುಡಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | One of the winter special rice dish – we can say, which is made necessarily on the day of makara shankranti festival (Pongal/Sankranti). Sweet pongal and yellupudi chitranna are the two main dishes prepared on that day in Bengaluru brahmin households and this is the match
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ನಿಂಬೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Very much suitable Lunch box idea ie…….. one of the oldest, authentic, simple, flavorful, colorful, healthy one pot meal, which is an all time favorite among many people is Lemon rice. This tastes heavenly when we add the correct proportion of spiciness + sourness + salt into it !! This is
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Spicy and tangy rice preparation made using raw mango chutney | ಚಟ್ನಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | During summer or for Ugadi festival or for Rama navami in Karnataka we make mavina kayi or raw mango chitranna (mango rice) without fail There are many versions in preparing this tangy, spicy rice, and I know
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ಎಳ್ಳನ್ನ | ಎಳ್ಳಿನ ಅನ್ನ | The ‘yellu’ translates to sesame seeds and ‘anna’ translates to cooked rice in Kannada, ie… yellanna/yellina anna translates to cooked rice tempered with roasted and ground sesame seeds along with few other spices. This Yellanna or Sesame seeds rice is a very easy rice preparation, which is comfortably hot because
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ತುಪ್ದನ್ನ | ಕಲೆಸಿದ ತುಪ್ಪದ ಅನ್ನ | Tuppada anna is one of the quick fix for any day any time, both either to carry for lunch box or to eat at home. The word ‘tuppa’ translates to ghee and ‘anna’ translates to rice in Kannada. A very simple rice preparation, where basic, simple tempering is prepared
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಅನ್ನ | This is my own version of amla rice, though made using the regular set of ingredients (I also make this dish using raw mango in the same way). This amla rice was awesome and we all liked and enjoyed it thoroughly. Here in Gurgaon we get very good
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ಮಾವು ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ದೊಣ್ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Today I was planning to make any kind/some kind of spicy rice dish and I had only one big capsicum left in my refrigerator and around about 1/2 cup of grated raw mango !! So immediately decided to make capsicum rice, but using raw mango in place of lemon
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ಗೊಜ್ಜು/ಗೊಜ್ಜಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ – ಲೋಟಸ್ ಸೀಡ್ಸ್/ಕಮಲದ ಬೀಜ ದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ | One of the traditional dish, which I enjoy relishing on since my childhood is this gojjina chitranna. Just prepare this gojju and store in a dry container in the refrigerator and use as and when needed by just mixing it with the cooked rice and your one
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ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಶೈಲಿಯ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ Yes… as the name itself depicts , this kind of chitranna is made in temples for naivedya and then they distribute that among devotees as Prasada. We get this without fail in all the south Indian temples. Last week my sis-in-law was here and we all visited few temples and there when
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ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ ಟೈಪ್ – 1 A yummy, simple, easy and quick raw mango rice/chitranna. This is the basic recipe which can be made very easily even by the beginners. The main time consumption in this recipe is the time taken for cooking rice, once rice is ready it hardly takes less than five minutes to
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ಜೋಳದ ಅನ್ನ| ಜೋಳ್ದನ್ನ| ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಸಹಿತ/ರಹಿತ| This is one of our most favorite one pot meal. Very tasty, healthy, yummy, flavor full rice dish made with very few ingredients. Actually personally I & children like corn in any form, so this is one of our favorite regular rice dish at our place. This corn rice
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ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಂಬೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Another recreated recipe by me, with coarsely ground fresh corn kernels and lemon juice, which I tasted in one of the restaurant in Delhi (Saravana Bhavan). This has been paired along with banana raita/sasive. Somehow I have not posted the recipe of banana raita or sasive till now
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ಬ್ರೆಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಬಾತ್ Yet another… our most favourite….spicy rice preparation with the taste of sweet pomegranate, spices, crispy bread cubes along with vegetables. Though made some changes to this, but mainly followed Mrs. Nita Mehta’s recipe. I make this masala rice for quite sometime now, since I bought her cook book few
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