🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Chitranna

Name: Chitranna
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 43 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; to taste Salt; 1, thinly sliced Onion; 2, slit Green Chili; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 cups, rinsed and soaked 20 minutes Basmati Rice; 2 tsp Whole Garam Masala Spices; 2 sprigs Curry Leaves; 1 Lemon; 1/2 cup, roasted Peanuts

🇮🇳 Indian

Karnataka lemon rice with peanut crunch, quick and eternal. One pot, big aroma — a full meal folded into fragrant rice. Plate with mirchi ka salan or a cooling cucumber raita.

Prep 22 min Cook 43 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion1, thinly sliced
Green Chili2, slit
Ghee2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Basmati Rice2 cups, rinsed and soaked 20 minutes
Whole Garam Masala Spices2 tsp
Curry Leaves2 sprigs
Lemon1
Peanuts1/2 cup, roasted

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Soak the basmati rice for 20 minutes, then drain thoroughly — wet rice turns mushy.
2
Heat ghee in a wide, heavy pot; fry the whole spices — bay, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves — till they swell and smell like a spice box.
3
Fry the onions till deep gold, add ginger garlic paste and green chili, then the ground spices; splash water to keep them from catching.
4
Add the lemon and saute two minutes, then slide in the drained rice and turn gently to coat every grain in the masala.
5
Add salt and hot water, boil, then cover with a tight lid and a tawa underneath to stop scorching; steam till done and rest before serving.

Chef's tip

Old, aged basmati drinks more water and stays long — new crop turns sticky.

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Watch how it's made

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