It is also cooked with fried onions, curry-leaves (hikandifaiy) and chilies in order to obtain a delicious variant called theluli rihaakuru (spiced rihaakuru).
This dish can also be enhanced with fried onions, curry-leaves (hikandifaiy), and chilies to produce a more complex flavor profile, referred to as theluli rihaakuru (spiced rihaakuru).