Jevarisi Chitranna | Sago Mixed Vegetable Rice
Jevarisi Chitranna or Sago Mixed Vegetable Rice is an interesting rice dish from Karnataka made with mixed vegetables and a spice powders using Sago and Rice.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sago
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1 /2 cup Coconut Milk
- 1/2 cup Water
Ground Paste
- 3 nos Green Chili
- 1 inch Ginger
- Handful Curry Leaves
Spice Powder
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- 2 tsp Coriander Seeds
- 2 tsp Chana Dal
- 2 tsp Urad Dal
- 3 to 4 Dry Red Chili
- 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 1 tbsp Copra / Dry Coconut
- 4 to 5 Cashew Nuts
For Making the Rice
- 1 cup Mixed Vegetables (carrot, peas, cauliflower florets, corn and potato)
- A Pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 4 to 5 Cashew Nuts
- Handful Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes.
- Wash soak sago/jevarisi with just enough water to cover for 30 minutes. Drain and keep it aside.
- Extract the coconut milk.
- In a nonstick pan, bring the water to a boil, add the drained basmati rice along with coconut extract. I used the frozen coconut extract, hence its in cubes.
- When the rice is almost cooked, layer the drained sago on top, and cook it covered for 5 to 7 mins.
- Prep the vegetables and microwave for 10 mins.
- Roast the spices for the powder in oil, grind to a powder.
- Heat a nonstick pan with ghee, oil. Add cashews.
- Add ginger chili paste and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the cooked vegetables for 5 mins.
- Now add the cooked rice and mix well.
- Finally, add the ground spice powder and adjust the spice.
- Serve with papad.
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