AVAREKAI CHITRANNA

AVAREKAI CHITRANNA:

AVAREKAI CHITRANNA | Avarekalu Chitranna | Akavarekai Lemon rice is a traditional Karnataka Avarekai Lemon rice dish. It is one of the simple and healthy breakfast recipe, even it can served for lunch and dinner too. It has got slight variation than regular lemon rice or Chitranna, adding boiled Avarekalu gives a different taste. Adding avarekalu makes the dish more nutritious and filling to.

 

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Best combo

Ingredients

What is Avarekai

How do you clean Avarekai

Hitikida Avarekalu

How do you cook dry Avarekalu

Avarekai Mela Bangalore

Dishes made using Avarekai

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Best combo:

This yummy and healthy rice dish can be served along with coconut chutney, Medu vada.

 

Ingredients:

Cooked rice, boiled avarekai, oil, mustard seeds, peanuts, chana dal, urad dal, chopped onion, green chilies, grated coconut, lemon, turmeric powder, pinch of hing, chopped coriander leaves, few curry leaves.

 

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3

 

About Avarekai:

What is Avarekai?

Avarekai is seasonal vegetable. It is one of the Karnataka’s most traditional food crops. Usually, Avarekai comes in winter season. Avarekai is one of the popular and favourite vegetable of Bangalore and Mysore. Avarekai is high fiber and protein. Hyacinth beans in English and also known as Lilva Beans, kannada (Avarekalu), Hindi (Ausat, Surti Papdi), Chikudukaya/Anapakayalu in Telugu, Avarekai/Mochakottai in Tamil. Avarekai is grown between December and January. At this time, not only the quality but even the taste is at its best.

 

How do you clean Avarekai?

Firstly, remove the seeds from the pod like you do with peas. And be careful to avoid worms you will find in it. Rinse for 1 to 2 times and its ready to use for cooking.

Secondly even we can make recipes by soaking the avarekai seeds in a bowl with water.

 

 

 

Avarekalu huli | Avarekalu Saaru
Avarekai | Avarekalu

Hitikida Avarekalu:

chitranna
HITIKIDA AVAREKALU SAARU | HITIKIDA AVAREKALU CURRY

 

Avarekai or beans are double peeled, i.e., firstly the seeds are removed from the pods and then soaked in water for minimum 2 to 4 hour. Then squeeze out the seeds from the thin layer of cover with help of your fingers. It is called HITIKIDA AVAREKALU.

Then remove the outer cover of the seeds and keep it aside. Now it is ready to cook. It is called HITIKIDA AVAREKALU. We can make variety of dishes using hitikida avarekalu such as upma, tomato bath, gravy, lemon rice.

 

How do you cook dry Avarekalu?

Firstly soak dry Avarekalu for 8 hours or overnight and pressure cook it for 4 to 5 whistles, then its ready to make any sambar, curry or side dish of your choice.

 

Avarekai Mela Bangalore:

Avarekai Mela is a festival that celebrates the different variety of avarekai or broad beans or hyacinth beans, Bangalore Bean. It’s good to know that Bangalore still loves its beans. Even variety of dishes made using avarekai as the main ingredient. Even you can shop and buy different variety of these broad beans, fresh avarekai, avarekai seeds, dry avarekai seeds. These melas are condcuted to help the farmers and create awareness.

 

Dishes made using Avarekai:

Avaekalu kurma, Avarekalu sagu, Avarekalu fry, Avarekalu curry, Avarekalu Saaru, Avarekalu palya, Avarekalu upma, Avarekalu Tomato bath. Even we can add for veg biryani too. Using Avarekai people make different variety of curries, gravies according to their place or region such as avarekalu saaru Brahmin style, avarekalu saaru Mysore Style, Avarekalu Saaru Karnatak Style etc.

Avarekai is actually a seasonal vegetable, but now its available throughout the year, you can buy through online like bigbasket.

 

 

How to make Avarekai Chitranna:

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Heat a pan and add in oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, hing, peanuts, chopped onions, green chilies. Stir fry till it slightly changes its color.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Add 1/2 cup boiled Avarekai and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder. Give a mix and cook for 2 minutes.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Add salt to taste and pinch of hing. And give a mix.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Add finely chopped coriander leaves.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Grated fresh coconut. Give a mix.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Add in boiled rice.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Squeeze lemon juice. Give a gentle mix.

 

avarekai chitranna | Avarekai Lemon rice for 3
Finally, Avarekalu Chitranna or Avarekai Chitranna is ready to serve.

AVAREKAI CHITRANNA | AVAREKALAU LEMON RICE

Avarekalu Chitranna is a traditional Karnataka rice dish. It is oneof the simple and healthy breakfast recipe, even it can served for lunch anddinner too. It has got slight variation than regular lemon rice or Chitranna,adding boiled Avarekalu gives a different taste. Adding avarekalu makes thedish more nutritious and filling to. Enjoy.

  • Pan
  • Serving plates
  • 3 cups Cooked Rice
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • ⅓ cup Peanuts
  • 1 tbsp Chana dal
  • 1 tbsp Urad dal
  • 1 Chopped onion
  • 2 spring Curry leaves
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing
  • ¼ cup Grated coconut
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp Hing
  • Salt to taste
  1. Heat a pan and add in oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, hing, peanuts, chopped onions, green chilies. Stir fry till it slightly changes its color.
  2. Add 1/2 cup boiled Avarekai and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder. Give a mix and cook for 2minutes.
  3. Add salt to taste and pinch of hing. And give a mix.
  4. Add finely chopped coriander leaves.
  5. Grated fresh coconut. Give a mix.
  6. Add in boiled rice.
  7. Squeeze lemon juice. Give a gentle mix.
  8. Finally, Avarekalu Chitranna or Avarekai Chitranna is ready to serve.
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Avarekai Chitranna, Avarekalu Chitranna

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