Nellikai chitranna recipe | How to make nellikayi chitranna | Amla rice | Gooseberry rice | Nellikai recipes
By Latha on January 25th, 2017
Nellikai chitranna or amla rice recipe explained with step by step pictures. Nellikayi chitranna or nellikai chitranna is very tasty and healthy rice recipe. It is very easy to prepare this nellikai chitranna or gooseberry rice.
You can find few more chitranna recipes like no-onion chitranna recipe, mavinakayi chitranna and avalakki chitranna.
Nellikai or Indian gooseberry is very good for health. It is packed with Vitamin C and it has numerous health benefits. If you are looking for more nellikai or amla recipes then do check my nellikai uppinakayi or gooseberry pickle, nellikai thokku or dry chutney and nellikai chutneyrecipes.
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Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup rice (sona masoori)
- 3 big gooseberry or amla or nellikai
- 1 big onion
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 1 - 2 green chili
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp groundnut / peanut
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal / bengal gram dal
- 1 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
- 5 - 6 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 4 tbsp oil
Instructions for making nellikai chitranna:
- Cook the rice and keep it aside. Rice should be cooked well but not mushy.
- Now to begin with let us prepare tempering for the nellikai chitranna. Take 4 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan and heat it under medium flame. At first add in ground nuts and fry until they start crackling.
- When the groundnuts crackles, add in mustard seeds, gram dal and urad dal. Fry until mustard seed splutters.
- Add in finely chopped onion, slit green chili and curry leaves. Fry until onions are soft.
- Add in grated coconut, grated nellikai (gooseberry), turmeric and mix well. Switch off the stove.
- Add in the cooked rice, salt and finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well using a flat spatula, serve and enjoy.
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