Cucumber as we know provides zero calories. It is one of the highly recommended vegetables that should be part of our diet program. Cucumber sambar, yogurt based curry, cucumber moru kolamzu,  cucumber juice etc.  are few dishes prepared using tender cucumber. Here is a recipe of Cucumber Chitranna or Cucumber rice – it is easy to make at home.

Ingredients:

1. Cooked rice – 4 cups
2. Cucumber -2 (grated)
3. Lemon juice – 2 Tbsp
4. Green chili – 3 (slit chilis)
5. Cilantro – ¼ cup
6. Grated coconut – ¼ cup
7. Mustard – 1 tsp
8. Urad dal – ½ tsp
9. Channa dal – 1 tsp
10. Oil – 3 Tbsp.
11. Turmeric – ½ tsp
12. Curry leaves – few
13. Peanut – 1 Tbsp
14. Salt – as per your taste

Preparation:

1. Prepare rice using sona massuri or Basmati rice. Rice should not be too soft and not overcooked.
2. Chop cilantro, grate cucumber,  slit green chili and get ready with all other necessary ingredients. Squeeze and remove water from cucumber.
3. Heat oil on medium heat and add mustrd, peanuts, urad and channa dal. Fry for couople of minutes
4. Add curry leaves, and grated cucumber and continue frying.
5. Remove grated cucumber mix from the flame.
6. Add cooked rice, salt, cilantro and lemon juice to the mix.
7. Add grated coconut
8. Serve hot Cucumber chitranna with chutney or pickle of your choice.

Image credit:Blossom Ozurumba, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons