My   Sister in law Sulochana Achar is a good cook, Her dishes are simple,easy to  make and tasty,Her kitchen is always clean,and she is always well dressed  and neat,May be  I should ask her tips as how to keep the kitchen clean and do tasty dishes at the same time perfectly
 Her Chitranna is a simple dish without much masala

                                    Chitranna

Ingredients                                                                                                   

1. Rice                                 -   I   cup    
2. Tamarind                         -   little ( small lime size)
3. Oil                                   -    1tbsp    
4. groundnut                      -    1 tbsp
5. salt                                  -  1  tsp ( to taste)
6. green chillies                   - 4
7. Asafoetida                       - pinch
8. For seasoning (mustard seeds and red chilly)
9. Curry leaves                    -    few   

Method

  

Cut green chillies and soak the Tamarind in water ,                                                                                         

 Cook the rice.Let it cool.Preferably cook the rice 2 hours before serving.Add 2 or 3 cups  of water depending upon how you normally cook your  rice  . I have cooked the rice in the cooker using 2 1/2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.

                                                                     

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After cooking the rice,remove the rice from the cooker ,spread it on a broad plate ,Add 1 ts of oil over.Let it cool.So that the cooked rice will not stick to each other
                                               

                     

Extract the tamarind juice ,add salt and let it boil . When it is thickened enough to coat the rice add turmeric powder  and pour it over the rice   

                              

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                                                    Take a Tawa and do the seasoning. it.Add one 1 teaspoon of oil  in the tawa and,heat it  and add ground nut and pieces of Red chillies,When the mustard splutters add green chillies and curry leaves.add a pinch of Asafoetida  .Pour it over the cooked rice.Seasoning is important to get good flavour and good taste

                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                             

                     

Note
 You should boil the tamarind pulp few minutes to get  good taste