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 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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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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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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ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ | ಗೊಜ್ಜಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ Chitrannada Pudi, the word ‘chitranna’ translates to the tempered spicy rice dish which we prepare using home made masala powder called chitrannada pudi…..my mom’s one more signature rice dish, prepared by using this particular powder. No vegetables are used in this recipe. It almost tastes like the south Indian
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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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