Chitranna

Instructions

• Heat up oil, to that add raw peanuts, and fry peanuts until it gets light brown color.
• Once peanuts are fried, drain excess oil from it and remove it into another bowl.
• In the same oil add sliced coconut and fry coconut too until it gets light brown color.
• Once the coconut is done, also drain excess oil from it and take it out into a separate bowl.
• In the same oil add mustard seeds, let it crackle.
• Next add cumin seeds, after cumin seeds sizzle, next put in hing.
• Add chopped garlic and cook it for about a minute.
• After 1 minute add daliya and cook until daliya gets light brown color.
• Add curry leaves, mix and lower the heat at this point in time.
• Add turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, red chilli powder, mix well and cook for just about a minute.
• Add boiled rice and mix well with masala.
• Add salt to taste, lemon juice, coriander leaves and mix well.
• Garnish with fried peanuts and coconut right before serving the rice.
• Serve hot with yogurt or Raita!