Tamarind Rice

Ingredients ::

Raw rice - 1 cup
Tamarind :: ball size
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per required
Red chillies - 20 to 25
Roasted Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Fenugreek powder - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Sesame oil - 50 ml
Urad dal - 3 tsp
Channa dal - 3 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp



Method::

• Cook rice in such a way that each grains are seperate. Keep it aside.

• Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 cup of hot water and extract 2 cups of thick juice from it. Discard the pulp.

• Heat oil in a heavy bottommed pan and add urad dal, channa dal, red chillies and mustard seeds. 

• When it splutters and dal turns golden brown add roasted peanuts, curry leaves, hing and tamarind juice that we have prepared earlier.

• Add turmeric powder, fenugreek powder and salt. Let it boil in medium flame.

• Switch it off when it thickens and oil seperates. Now pulikachal is ready for use. Keep it in an air tight container after it cools.

• Now add this pulikachal with raw rice and a tsp of sesame oil. Tamarind rice is ready to eat. Serve Puliyodharai with Mor kuzhambhu or papad of your taste.