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Today’s dish, Amla rice / NelliKai Chitranna is very tasty, quick and easy to make , a perfect lunch box option. It can be made in festivals too as it has no onion and garlic. Apt dish to empty off left over rice.
About Nellikai Chitranna
We all know how healthy Amla being rich in Vitamin C , Vitamin E and a great immunity booster. Amla is very good for hair too. There are many ways one can include Amla in our diet.
There are two varieties of nellikai and you can use any of them to make this tasty thokku . The big ones, bettada nellikai is a little tart with a tinge of bitterness as an afternote. Whereas , the smaller version, kiru nellikai is very sour. I love nellikai thokku also made from tart amla…
In Karnataka, Amla rice is usually prepared in 2 ways. Version – 1, is prepared almost the same as Lemon rice. But here tanginess comes from Amla instead of lemon juice. I am sharing that version 1 today . Another method let’s see some other time wherein along with amla .. mustard, coconut, jaggery etc is ground and sauteed. Today’s nellikai chitanna is very simple where the flavour is majorly from Amla. Do try in amla season and enjoy …
Nellikai Chitranna Recipe with step by step photos :
- Wash rice and cook it in the proportion 1 : 2.5 ie 1 glass rice 2.5 glass water. The cooked rice grains should be separate, not mushy. Once cooked, spread the cooked rice on a wide plate. This will make the grains separate further & also helps to cool quickly. Allow the rice to cool completely.
- Wash Amla and roughly chop. Discard the seeds
- Roughly grind Amla, green chilli and salt.
- No need to add water or grind smooth .. just coarse.
- Heat oil in a thick bottom pan / kadai. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds,urad dal, channa dal and ground nuts. When mustard seeds splutter nicely, add red chilly and curry leaves. Saute. Add turmeric .
- Add coarsely grind amla masala . Saute for 3-4 mins
- Lastly , add grated coconut and chopped coriander, switch off. Mix everything nicely
- Masala for nellikai chitranna ready. You can save it for a few days and use as and when required.
- Add cooked cooled rice to the pan.Mix them thoroughly & gently. Ensure no rice lumps are formed.Taste test. If you feel its little bland add the remaining masala and mix .
- Tangy Nellikai chitranna / amla rice is ready to serve. Serve at room temperature as such or with papad / raitha.
Few Points to note while making Nellikai Chitranna :
- Few amlas will be tangier. So it’s better to add masala to rice in small portions, mix and taste; rather than adding whole quantity at once. If you feel its bland, you can always fix it out easily by mixing the remaining masala.
- Above masala of chitranna ( after tempering and frying ; without coconut ) stays fresh without fridge upto a week . You can do more quantity and use as and when required . This helps your hubby too , in case he has to manage home in your absence.
- Once the rice is cooked, transfer it to wide plate ,spread gently and allow it to cool. This way the rice grains get separated and eases uniform mixing.Rice has to be cooled nicely mixing with the tempering. Else lumps will be formed and dish becomes sticky . DONT FORGET IT ..
- Instead of grinding, you can also grate amla and use finely chopped green chilli and later add it to the tempering.
If you are looking for more no onion no garlic variety rice .. you can check methi rice , mango rice , kayi sasive chitranna , etc
Nellikai Chitranna
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup Any Rice / Sona Masoori
- 3-4 no Amla / Nellikai, Big size
- 3-5 nos Green Chilli
- 2-4 tbsp coconut, Grated
- little Coriander leaves, chopped
- 1/4 tsp Haldi/ turmeric
- Salt to taste
to temper
- 2-4 tsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1/2 tsp Channa dal
- handful of Peanut
- 1-2 Red Chilli, Broken
- few Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Wash rice and cook it in the proportion 1 : 2.5 ie 1 glass rice 2.5 glass water.The cooked rice grains should be separate,not mushy.Once cooked, spread the cooked rice on a wide plate.This will make the grains separate further & also helps to cool quickly.Allow the rice to cool completely.
- Wash Amla and roughly chop. Discard the seeds.
- Roughly grind Amla, green chilli and salt. No need to add water or grind smooth .. just coarse.
- Heat oil in a thick bottom pan / kadai. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds,urad dal, channa dal and ground nuts. When mustard seeds splutter nicely, add red chilly and curry leaves. Saute. Add turmeric .
- Add coarsely grind amla masala . Saute for 3-4 mins .
- Lastly , add grated coconut and chopped coriander, switch off. Mix everything nicely.
- Masala for nellikai chitranna ready. You can save it for a few days and use as and when required.
- Add cooked cooled rice to the pan.Mix them thoroughly & gently. Ensure no rice lumps are formed.Taste test. If you feel its little bland add the remaining masala and mix .
- Tangy Nellikai chitranna / amla rice is ready to serve. Serve at room temperature as such or with papad / raitha.
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