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Tamarind Rice/ Chinthapandu Pulihora/ Pulihora/ Pulusu Annam/ Puliogare

 


As a school-going kid, I was almost fed up with Tamarind rice as it was easy for the mothers to make it by taking out the tamarind premix from the refrigerator and giving it a tadka with the leftover rice and done; lunch pack is ready with peanut podi on the side. But, after making some changes by adding a special blend of masala podi to this recipe, it takes it to the next level. A person like me who goes meh 😐 on tamarind rice also will like it. 



To make this recipe, you'll need : 

Cooked rice - around 500g 
Tamarind extract - from 60g 
Green chillies - 4 to 5 (slit) 
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 teaspoons (or) taste
Salt - 2 teaspoons (or) to taste
Oil - 1 Tablespoon

Masala powder (or) podi

Methi seeds (fenugreek) - 1/2 teaspoon 
Black pepper - 1 teaspoon 
Jeera (cumin) - 1/2 teaspoon 
Coriander seeds - 2 teaspoons
Chana dal - 1 teaspoon
Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
Sesame seeds - 2 teaspoons 

Tempering:

 Oil -  4 Tablespoons 
Peanuts - 2 Tablespoons 
Chana dal - 1 Tablespoon
Urad dal - 1 Tablespoon 
Mustard - 1 teaspoon 
Dried red chillies - 2 
Asafoedita - 1/2 teaspoon
Green chillies - 3 (slit)
Curry leaves - A handful
Asafoedita (hing) - 2 puffs

Method : 

1. Make the masala powder : 
Dry roast all the ingredients carefully to not burn them and make a fine powder of it. 






and chana dal + urad dal (no pictures)


2. To the tamarind extract add the slit green chillies, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and 
1 Tablespoon of oil. Mix well. Cook on medium flame until the extract or juice is cooked down and thickened.











3. Next, tempering. In a tempering pan add the oil, followed by peanuts, chana dal, urad dal, mustard, red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, and asafoetida (hing).










4. To the rice, add the masala powder, and tamarind paste and mix well. ( Here add the paste mix well, taste and proceed further. Simply, taste as you go!).




5. Add the flavourful, fragrant, and crunchy peanut and lentil tempering to the rice. 



Done! 



Enjoy! 







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3 comments:

  1. Thank you for your input. I'll try next time and share the feedback here. Thank you for visiting Blessy's Kitchen.

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