Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, udupi chitranna recipe | kayi sasive chitranna | masala chitranna recipe is a vegetarian udupi rice made with coconut, mustard, and dried kashmiri red chilli in about 14 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 4 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 14 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: udupi
Ingredients
for masala paste:
- ½ cup coconut (grated)
- ½ tsp mustard
- 2 dried kashmiri red chilli
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
other ingredients:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp urad dal
- 1 dried kashmiri red chilli
- few curry leaves
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 2 tbsp tamarind extract
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cup cooked rice
Method
- firstly in a blender take ½ cup coconut, ½ tsp mustard, 2 dried kashmiri red chilli and ¼ tsp turmeric.
- blend to a coarse paste without adding any water.
- now heat kadai with 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
- add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal, 1 dried red chilli, few curry leaves and 2 tbsp peanuts.
- saute and splutter on medium flame.
- further, add 2 tbsp tamarind extract, ½ tsp jaggery and ½ tsp salt. cook well.
- now add prepared masala paste and saute for 2 minutes
- further, add 3 cup cooked rice and mix gently.
- finally, serve udupi chitranna / masala chitranna hot or pack to your lunch box.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
