TAMARIND RICE (PULIHORA)

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 1 cup

Tamarind paste - 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 2 strings

Peanuts - 2 tbsp

Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp

Urad dal - 2 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Green chillis - 3

Red chillis - 2

Asafoetida - a pinch

Oil - 4 tbsp

Salt - to taste

PREPARATION:

1. Soak tamarind in water and extract thick juice out of it.


2. Cook rice, and add salt, a little oil and mix it well and keep it aside.


3. Heat a pan, pour the tamarind extract, and add salt, turmeric powder in it, and cook until it become thick paste.


4. Add the cooked tamarind extract into the rice and mix well.


5. Heat oil in a pan, then add cashew nuts, peanuts, and fry for a while.


6. Then add urad dal, channa dal, cumin seeds, mustard, green chillis, red chillis, curry leaves, asafoetida, and fry till all these ingredients turn brown.


7. Then add these mix into the above prepared rice and mix very nicely and gently.


8. Tamarind rice is ready.