Kempu Chitranna is a traditional rice dish from Karnataka. It is popular in the South Canara region and often part of the festive platter.
Today, marks the beginning of 2017, another new year. Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous new year. May this year be an awesome one for all of us. On this ocassion presenting a rice dish from South Kanara. This is another variety of rice dish which eases my cooking. It is full of flavours and easy to make. This is “Kempu Chitranna” which means Red Rice.
kempu chitranna
Kempu chitranna
And here are a few more dishes from South Kanara region:
Why should you prepare it ?
- It is ideal for festive days as it is a no onion garlic recipe.
- It is ideal to prepare when you are bored of the usual pulav.
- It is a good way to know about the traditional dishes.
- It is ideal for brunch or light dinner.
Kempu Chitranna
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: 20 minutes
- Serves : 4 persons
- Cuisine : South Kanara
- Course: Main meal
Ingredients :
- 1 cup rice [measurement: 1 cup = 250ml]
- 1/2 grated coconut
- 2 tsp mustard seeds
- 5-6 dry red chillies
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- a pinch of asafoetida
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon bengal gram
- 1 teaspoon urad dal
- a few curry leaves
- 6- 8 cashew broken into pieces
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon ground nuts
Method :
- Cook the rice in a pressure cooker and keep it aside.
- Once the pressure is released, put the rice in a wide plate and allow to cool.
- Grind coconut, mustard seeds and red chillies together to a smooth paste.
- Take oil in a pan.
- Make the seasoning. Add mustard seeds, as it crackles, put in asafoetida, turmeric powder, bengal gram and urad dal. Once it turns slight brown in colour, add ground nuts, let cook for a minute, then throw in the curry leaves and cashew pieces to it.
- Now, add the ground paste and saute it for sometime.
- You should get a good aroma.
- Keep it aside.
- Put the rice and salt.
- Mix well. Kempu chitranna is ready to serve.
Take a tip :
- This rice dish is ideal to serve for lunch or dinner. Accompany it with a few papad and fryums.
- Coconut oil can be used in the seasoning, it gives a good taste.
About the event :
This is an old post which I have updated with better pictures. I have also modified the text a bit. Sending this to Foodies-Redoing Old Post 84.
It was first 10/1/2017 and edited on31/8/2022
Kempu Chitranna
Ingredients
Method
- Cook the rice in a pressure cooker and keep it to cool. The grains should be seperate.
- Grind mustard seeds, red chilly and coconut to a paste.
- Take a pan and oil to it. Add mustard seeds. Let it splutter.
- Then, put bengal gram, urad dal, asafoetida and turmeric powder to it.
- Once it turns golden, add groundnut to it. Allow it to cook for a minute. The rawness of the nuts should not be there.Then add cashew pieces and curry leaves.
- Now, add the paste to it
- Saute the paste for five minutes. You get a good aroma when it is done. Switch off the stove.
- Put rice and thoroughly mix it. Kempu Chitranna or red rice is ready to serve.
Notes
- Add little water while making the paste.
- You can see coconut pieces in the picture, the copra came out of the shell and thus I cut and used it.
- The water used in cooking the rice differs from each kind of raw rice used. Thus, I do not mention it.
- 1 cup =250 ml is the measurement cup used
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017
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Delicious.. Love it anytime!!
Thankyou so much Sharmila
Hi, Jayshree. Thanks for the recipe, I want to try for sure tonight and I want to know, how many tsp of mustard seeds to put for the paste with coconut and red chillies? And do you use fresh grated coconut or dry coconut? Which will taste the best?
Hello Kanchan,
Glad to have you here, I have used two teaspoon of mustard seeds. Coconut used is fresh grated coconut. Grind all ingredients together with small quantity of water.
Oh my gosh what a flavourful and spicy looking rice, need one bowl right now.
Kempu chitranna looks spicy and yummy.. just the way I like it.. l will surely make it.
Wow Jayashree I am always amazed by your recipes and this kempu chitranna is so tempting, love how the coconut and chilli paste will do wonders for the recipe, best dish for tiffin box too, bookmarking it.
Kempu chitrana rice looks delicious with lovely colour. I have never heard about this.
Thanks for sharing.
Loving this! Coming from Karnataka, I so enjoy eating all the “annas’ there! I love that you have used a coconut masala to flavor the rice; will try this 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
You have reminded me of my childhood days. My grandmother used to prepare it often. Thanks for reminding me, It’s time for me to try this recipe.
Thankyou Jayashree, My husband loves this and I did not have an authentic recipe to it. I am saving this to make it soon.
Chitranna looks favourable and spicy. I never added coconut into this rice. Maybe I should try adding next time.
Kempu chitrana dish looks delicious 🙂 What a lovely color !!!! Though never heard about this yet, thanks for sharing.
Love all the South Indian delicacies and this spicy rice is my next in the to do list. Thanks for the share Jayashree.
The coconut masala is a fantastic touch to this rice recipe. It looks so tempting and thanks for lovely share and step by step pictures 🙂
Comfort food and looks delicious. I loved your red paste more.A well explained recipe!!
Oh this is more or less like a thengai thogayal without the cooking part. Wonderful. Will def try this out.
This is something very new for me. And very delicious too. I love south Indian dishes so it’s worth trying. Thanks for sharing dear.
My god I m salivating as I read thru the recipe! Looks totally droolicious, perfect for a lazy weekend meal!!
Wow, just love the colour of Kempu Chitranna. Makes it so tempting and just can image the flavour with coconut and red chillis. Can’t wait to have some leftover rice to try this dish out.
Kempu Chitranna sounds so very flavourful and easy to make. My mouth is watering at the ingredients you have listed. Must try.
This is one rice dish I have to try out. Just love the colour and definitely can’t go wrong with coconut and peanuts added to it. Nice to know that Kempu Chitranna can be served as a part of the main meal.
I was intrigued by the name Kempu Chitranna.. makes it so appetizing to even listen . We love having thus Kaayi Saarinen chitranna at home and is definitely a crowd pleaser