Tamarind Rice Recipe | Puliyodharai Recipe

Tamarind Rice Recipe | Puliyodharai Recipe

Ingredients :

Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Tamarind - size of 2 lemon

Salt - as required

To roast and grind

Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds - 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds / Ellu - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilly - 3

• Heat a pan, add fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, dry red chilly and saute it, till it becomes brown color. Roast sesame seeds separately without adding oil and powder it everything together.
• Keep it aside to become cool.

For the seasoning

Sesame Oil / Nallennai - 5 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1tsp

Urad Dal - 2 tsp

Bengal Gram - 2 tsp

Roasted Peanuts - 4 tsp

Hing - a pinch

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Dry Red Chilly - 3

Curry Leaves - Few

Preparation :

• Spread the cooked rice on a plate. Add 2 tsp of sesame oil, 1/4 tsp of turmeric power to the cooked rice and keep it aside to become cool.
• Soak tamarind in a cup of warm water. Squeeze the juice from the tamarind and throw the pulp.
• Heat a pan in sesame oil, add mustard seeds when its popup add urad dal, bengal gram, roasted peanuts, hing, dry red chilly, curry leaves and saute it till it becomes slightly brown color.
• Add tamarind extract, required salt and boil it till its become thick. Then switch off the flame.
• Now tamarind paste or puliyodharai mix is ready.
• Once the rice is cool, add enough tamarind paste (puliyodharai mix) and mix it well without breaking the rice.
• Now tamarind rice  / puliyodharai  is ready to serve.

Note :

• Adjust the salt as per your taste.
• Rice should be cooked properly and not mashed.
• You can store the tamarind paste in the refrigerator and use it when required.