Puliyogare (Tamarind Rice)

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Puliyogare (Tamarind Rice)

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :15 Min

Cook Time : 20 Min

Total Time : 35 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 2
  • Rice- 1cup


  • Water- 2cups


  • Haldi powder- 1/2tsp 1/2tsp


  • Salt- 1/2tsp 1/2tsp


  • Oil- 1tbsp 2tbsp


  • Chana dal- 1tbsp


  • Urad dal- 1tbsp


  • Peanut- 1handful


  • Hing- 1/4tsp


  • Mustard- 1tsp


  • Cumin- 1tsp


  • Red chili- 2


  • Sesame seeds- 1 1/2tbsp


  • Tamarind- 1lemon sized ball


  • Sugar/ jaggery- 1 1/2tbsp


  • Curry leaves- 1string


  • Green chili- 2

Directions

  • Soak tamarind in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for a min. then leave it for 10 mins. Then mash with hand and discard the seeds and keep the pulp aside.
  • Dry roast the sesame seeds and make a fine powder and keep aside.
  • Clean rice properly under running water. In a pressure cooker add rice, water, salt, haldi and oil and close the lid. Cook the rice upto 2 whistles (1 in high and 1 in low). Let it cool down completely. Run a fork in the rice to make loose and separate. Spread the rice in a plate so that it will be cool down a bit and don’t stick to each other.
  • In a wide pan add oil and let it heat. Then add red chilli to it. Then add chana dal and urad dal and fry for some seconds. Then add mustard and cumin seeds and fry again.
  • Then add hing and curry leaves to it and fry again. Now add tamarind pulp, salt, sugar or jaggery and haldi and fry up to the raw smell of the tamarind goes off. After that add sesame seed powder and mix properly and switch off the gas. Add cooked rice to it and mix properly. Pulihora is ready to serve.