Heralekayi Chitranna

June 09, 2017 Shwetha Upendra 0 Comments

Ingredients : 

• Heralekayi - 1
• Hot Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Green chillies - 4
• Chopped coriender leaves - 1/4 cup
• Jeera - 1/4 tsp
• Peepper - 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste

Tempering :  

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Urd dal - 1 tsp
• Bengal gram - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Peanuts - 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon 

Method :  

• Grind grated coconut,green chillies,coriender leaves into paste.Crush jeera and pepper into coarse powder.
• Heat oil in a pan for tempering , add mustard seeds , urd dal, bengal gram, curry leaves , peanuts and asafoetida and fry for few seconds.Add little turmeric and salt to the tempering.
• Add ground coconut-chilly paste and powdered jeera-pepper to the hot tempering and mix well.Turn off the flame and add juice of heralekai (citron) into it and mix well.
• Mix cooked rice to the prepared mixture and mix well.
• Tasty and healthy heralekayi chitranna is ready to enjoy.