Narthanga Ogare / Hiralehannu Chitraanna (In Narthanga is a tamil word and Hiralehannu is a kannada word. It’s a type of citric fruit in English it is called Citron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron). It is very sour and it is used for citron (narthanga) pickle. The citron juice is used for ogare (Spiced Rice).
Ingredients
- Basmati or Rice - 3 cups (Cooked)
- Curry leaves - 1 stalk
- Cashews - 6
- Narthanga / Citron juice (2 no)
- Kobri (Dry Coconut)
Ingredients for Dry Powder
- 2 tsp Black Gram / Uddhina bele / Urad dal
- 1 tsp Black Pepper / Menasu / Kali Mirch
- 1/2 tsp Black chickpeas / Kadale bele / Chana dal
- 3 to 4 Red Chillies / Kempu mensinakai / Mirchi
Method for Dry Powder
- Fry all the ingredients and make a smooth powder. Keep aside
Method
- Take a pan add homemade ghee (Desi ghee) 5 tbspn.
- Add cashews pieces fry till golden color. Switch off the hob / stove
- Add cooked rice, dry powder, Salt and kobri (dry coconut), curry leaves
- Then add narthanga juice mix well and serve hot
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8 comments
I love this fruit. mom makes an excellent pickle with this.goo for dgestion too.this rice recipe is very new to me
I bet that rice smells amazing! Looks lovely :)
Its been years since I tasted hiralehannu. Looks so tasty Mala.
Never tried this....looks yummyyy...
Very interesting I have never heard of this fruit but am going to google it.Recepie looks great.
Never tasted such a rice- but love the narthangai pickle!
this recipe is new to me... love the pickle... if only I can get my hands on naarthanga :)
Never knew about making rice with narthanga. I usually pickle them in salt and later dry and preserve.
The rice sounds delicious.
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