புளியோதரை (Tamarind Rice)

Puliyodharai -புளியோதரை  

Description

Tangy savoury rice served as prasadham in temples across South India.It is the most popular picnic food too down south.

Ingredients 1:

Cooked White Rice   5 cups

Sesame Oil                2Tbsp

Salt                           To taste

Turmeric powder       1/2 tsp

Ingredients 2:

Tamarind (one medium Lemon size)

Water                 1 1/2 cups

Red chillies         6 no

Coriander seeds 1Tbsp

Bengal Gram      1Tsp

Sesame seeds     1Tsp

Fenugrek seeds  1/2 Tsp

Oil                      1Tsp

Ingredients 3:

Oil                   (for Tempering)

Mustard seeds 1/2 Tsp

Curry Leaves

Peanuts           3Tbsp

Cashew nuts   10 no

Method:

Soak the Tamarind in water for 15mins  and extract the pulp.

Roast the Red chillies, Coriander seeds ,Bengal Gram ,sesame seeds and Fenugrek seeds  in  1 tsp of oil.Let cool for some time,then powder them finely using a coffee grinder.

In a pan and few teaspoons of oil and add the tamarind pulp and bring to a boil.Now simmer and add the ground powder and cook  for 20mins.By now the mixture will reduce in half and reach a paste like consistency and the oil floats up.

In a saute pan add little oil and roast the nuts(peanuts and cashew)In the same pan add few drops of oil splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves

Take a wide mixing bowl and put the cooked rice in it.Add salt,turmeric powder and the sesame oil to it and toss until coated.Now add the tamarind paste  little by little  and mix well.ckeck for tanginess.

Temper the rice mixture with nuts and mustard seeds and  curry leaves.Check for salt and tanginess and adjust accordingly.

Yummy puliyodharai is now ready to be served.