Kayee Sasve Chitranna

This is a wonderful delicacy for festive days.

 

Kayee Sasve Chitranna

Recipe by Shanta Rao
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes

Ingredients

  • Rice : 2 cups

  • Fresh grated coconut : 2 cups

  • Whole Red Chillies : 15-20 pieces

  • Mustard seeds (Rai, Sasve) : 1½ teaspoons

  • Asafoetida (Hing) : ¼ teaspoon

  • Curry Leaves : 10 -15 leaves

  • Peanuts : ½ cup

  • Tamarind paste : 1 teaspoon

  • Chana Dal : 2 teaspoons

  • Urad Dal : 2 teaspoons

  • Oil : 6 – 8 tablespoons

  • Turmeric (Haldi, Arshna) : ½ teaspoon

  • Salt to taste

Directions

  • Cook rice normally and allow it to cool a little.
  • Grind fresh coconut, red chillies and mustard together to a fine paste. Add tamarind paste while grinding.
  • In a pan, heat the oil. Add mustard. After the mustard pops, add chana dal and urad dal. After the dals are light brown, add asafoetida (hing), curry leaves, turmeric and 2 pieces of red chillies. Add the coconut paste.
  • Cook the paste for about 10 minutes on a medium flame.
  • Shallow fry peanuts in 1 tablespoon of oil separately.
    Add the paste, peanuts and salt to the rice.
  • Toss well and serve hot.