Ingredients

• cooked rice - 4 cup
• sesame or vegetable oil - 4 tbsp
• mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
• cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• white sesame seeds - 2 tsp
• black gram (Urad) Dal - 2 tsp
• dry red chillies - 3, broken into pieces
• turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• asafetida - 1/4 tsp
• tamarind pulp - 2 tsp
• grated coconut - 1 cup
• salt to taste

How to Make Spicy Chitranna

• Heat oil in a Kadai.
• Add sesame seeds.
• When they splutter, add fenugreek and cumin.
• After few seconds, add sesame seeds and black gram Dal.
• When these turn golden brown, add chillies, turmeric powder and asafetida.
• Add tamarind pulp and 1/2 cup of water.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add rice and salt.
• Mix well and keep covered on low heat for 5 minutes.
• Remove from fire and mix in the grated coconut.