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kayi sasive chitranna

KAYI SASIVE CHITRANNA / COCONUT MUSTARD RICE RECIPE

Smitha Kalluraya
Karnataka style coconut musturd base flavored rice
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Course Main Course
Cuisine karnataka
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups Cooked Rice
  • Salt to taste

Masala (To grind )

  • 3/4 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 3/4 cup grated coconut, can + / - this quantity
  • 4-6 nos Dried Red Chilli, ( Guntur / byadgi / mixed -- spicy + color giving )
  • amla / goosberry size Tamarind
  • amla / goosberry size Jaggery, can add as per requirement
  • Salt to taste

Tempering

  • 2 tbsp Oil / coconut oil, coconut oil preferred
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Black Gram /Urad Dal
  • 3/4 tsp Bengal Gram /channa dal
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric /Haldi
  • a pinch Asafotida or hing
  • handful Groundnuts / cashews / both
  • few Curry Leaves
  • 1 red chilli broken

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.
  • In a mixer take mustard , red chilli and salt . Dry grind till its powdered
  • Add coconut , tamarind and jaggery to the mustard chilli powder . Add little water and make a semi smooth paste . Make sure not to grind it smooth
  • 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 hing, red chilly and curry leaves. Saute.Add turmeric
  • Add the ground paste to it . Saute for 4-5 mins till raw smell goes and the masala starts leavinig the pan
  • Our masala for making kayi sasive chitranna is ready . You can store in fridge in an air tight container for few weeks and use and when required
  • Add cooked cooled rice to the pan.Add little quantity of prepared masala initially.Mix them thoroughly & gently. Ensure no rice lumps are formed.Taste test. If you feel its little bland add the remaining masala and mix .
  • Spicy little sweetish Kaayi sasive chitranna is ready to serve. Serve at room temperature as such or with papad / raitha.
    kayi sasive chitranna