Tamarind Rice-Puliyodharai-puli sadam-recipe

Puliyodharai-puli sadam-Tamarind Rice Recipe-easy rice recipe(step by step with photos)

Tamarind rice is one of the traditional and popular rice preparation in South Indian cuisine.Tamarind rice also is popularly known as Pulihora or Puliyodhara or Puli sadam. 
It tastes sour, spicy and salty all at the same time.

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Tamarind  Rice Puliyodharai-puli sadam Recipe (step by step with photo)

Prep time:10 min  cooking Time: 25 min    Serves: 3 

Main Ingredient: Rice and Tamarind paste
Recipe Category: Rice
Cuisine: South Indian (Tamil)
Author: Swati paathak

Ingredients:

For spice powder or Podi:

• 2 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 2-3 whole dry red chillies
• 2 teaspoon sesame seeds 
• 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

For tamarind rice:

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 cup peanut
• 1/2 teaspoon Chana Dal 
• 1/2 teaspoon Urad Dal 
• 1 string curry leaves 
• Pinch of asafetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 
• 1/4 cup tamarind (Imli) pulp
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 whole dry red chillies,whole or broken into pieces
• 2  cups cooked rice

Step 1:
Spice powder:

• Dry roast all the ingredients except sesame seeds until you get a nice aroma.  
• Dry roast sesame seeds separately on a slow flame while stirring continuously.
• Grind all roasted ingredients and powder everything together. 
• Our spice powder for puliyodharai is ready. 
• Keep it aside.

Step 2:

 Tamarind paste:

1. Heat the oil in a broad pan, add mustard seeds, let it crackle.
2. Add the peanuts and sauté on a low flame for a few minutes or till they turn light pink in colour while stirring continuously.
3. Add chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves, asafetida and turmeric powder, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for a minute, while stirring continuously.
4. Add tamarind pulp and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame.
5. Cook until oil separates from spices, switch off the flame. 
6. Now tamarind paste is ready.

Step 3:

How to mix tamarind paste, spice powder and rice:

• Allow the cooked rice to cool. 
• Add spice powder, tamarind paste according to your taste and mix the rice gently.
• Tamarind rice is ready to be served. 

Suggestion:

• You can adjust spice powder and tamarind paste according to your taste.
• You can store this paste in the refrigerator for a week and use it when required. 

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