Avrekalu Chitranna
Avarekalu Chitranna is a variety of rice dish prepared with cooked Avrekalu/Hyacinth beans and rice tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Avrekalu / Hyacinth beans 200 g
- 150 g Uncooked Rice
- 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Chana Dal
- 2 Green Chillies slit vertically
- 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Coconut freshly grated
- ½ Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Salt adjust accordingly
Instructions
Prep Work
- The first step is to cook the Avrekalu. If you have purchased avrekalu that is already shelled, that's great! Your work is half done. Else, please shell the avrekalu and collect one cup or close to 200 g of it.
- Once the avrekalu is ready, give it a wash once and put it to the small pressure cooker with an inch of water and a teaspoon of salt. Pressure cook for 2 whistles and allow the pressure to come down naturally.
- You can then get the rice ready. Wash the rice until the water is clear. Pressure cook the rice with 1:2 ratio. That is, for every measure of rice, you can add two measures of water. Less water while cooking the rice in a pressure cooker will yield cooked rice that isn't lumpy.Once the rice is ready, spread the cooked rice on a plate to allow it to cool down.
Preparing the Avrekalu Chitranna
- In a large kadai, add two tablespoons of cooking oil. Once the oil is warm, add the mustards seeds and allow it to sputter.
- Next, add the chana dal and toast it in the oil for 10-20 seconds. Follow it up with the curry leaves and green chillies.
- Cook them for another 10-20 seconds and then now you can add the onions.
- Saute the onions until soft - you can add turmeric powder at this stage and mix all the ingredients well. If you are using dill leaves, add them at this stage and cook it along with the onions.
- Now add the cooked Averkalu without the water and mix them well. Sprinkle some salt and mix well. Turn off the flame.
- Add the cooked rice to this averkalu mixture, season with salt and lemon juice. Take your time to mix all the ingredients well. The key to any good chitranna is in proper mixing of all the ingredients.
- Your Avarekalu Chitranna is ready! Serve it hot with onion raita and salad.