PULIYODHARAI (TAMARIND RICE) a spicy treat

PULIYODHARAI(TAMARIND RICE) 

      INGREDIENTS

•                           Tamarind -                           -  a lemon sized ball 
•                           Gingelly oil                           -  3 ladle 
•                           Mustard seeds -                 -   1 tsp
•                          Fenugreek                         -   ½ tsp 
•                         Red chillies -                          -  3 nos
•                         Turmeric powder      -             -    ½ tsp  
•                         Asafoetida                               -½  tsp 
•                        Jaggery                  -                 -   a little 
•                        Salt                                        -    To taste 
•                       Curry leaves                          -     5 leaves

 Ingredients to be fried and grinded seperately 

•                             Urad dal                  - 1 tsp 
•                             Bengal gram           - 1 tsp 
•                            Red chilies               -4 nos
•                    Coriander seeds               - 1/2 tsp 

 Ingredients to be fried and added last

                            Pea nuts         - 3 tsp

                            Cashew nuts   - 8-10

                           Curry leaves     - 5 leaves 

                           Bengal gram  - ½ tsp  

  Ingredients to be fried, grinded and added last

                               Sesame seeds     - 1½  tsp (Black color )

 Method

              Soak the tamarind in water for 30 minutes and take the thick extract from it and keep it aside.     

Heat the kadai with oil, first add turmeric powder and Asafeotida to it and then add Mustard seeds,Urad dal, Red chilies and curry leaves and heat it till it splutters

Now add the Tamarind extract and salt and boil it for 10 minutes.

Add Fenugreek seeds and jaggery to it and boil it further for 20 more minutes.

Fry Urad dal, Bengal gram, Red chillies, Coriander seeds, seperately in a kadai and grind it and add it to the boiling Tamarind extract and boil for 30 minutes

 When the Tamarind extract becomes concentrate like a paste, put the flame down. Fry the Peanuts, Cashew nuts, Bengal gram and curry leaves slightly and add it to the Tamarind paste and stir it.

 Mix this Tamarind concentrate to the cooked Raw rice 

Now fry the sesame seeds, grind it and add that powder to the rice, mixed with Tamarind concentrate .

         

This Tamarind concentrate can be refrigerated and used for upto 10 days, you can add this to the cooked rice as per the requirement and use it as an instant mix. Curd, roasted Pappad, Vadagam are excellent companions for the Tamarind rice.