Pulihora- "Tamarind Rice"

One of the popular festive dish in South India. Always a hit in potlucks too!!!

This is a easy dish to prepare and a favorite food for most of the people.

Ingredients:

• 25o gms of Tamarind (soak and microwave for 30 seconds)
• 3 cups of Sona Masuri rice/Basmati rice
• Seasoning: Shallow fry all the ingredients
• Peanuts- Depends on your tast
• Cashews-2 (optional)
• Mustard seeds-2 tb spoons
• Urad dal-3 tb spoons
• Channa dal=3 tb spoons
• Red chilles-4
• Green chilly-5-6 (slit them)
• curry leaves
• Asofotedia- Pinch
• Fenugreek powder-1/2 tb spoon
• Mustard powder-3/4 tb spoon

Method

• Cook 3 cups of Rice with 6-7 cups of water.
• Soak and make a fine pulp of Tamarind.
• Boil the tamarind pulp with a pinch of salt, turmeric, sugar and 2 green chillies.
• As it thickens, simmer it and off the stove to cool it down.
• Add turmeric, salt, and the tamarind pulp to the cooked rice.
• Add seasoning and lastly sprinkle the fenugreek and mustard powder.
• Let it cool down and ready to eat.
• You can store the tamarind pulp in fridge and use it for atleast 3-4 times for making tamarind rice.

Cooking Time:20mts
Serves 4-5 people.