Pulihora/Tamarind Rice

Ingredients

• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 cup tamarind paste(thick paste)
• 6 whole red chillies
• 6 green chillies
• 2 tsps urad dal
• 2 tsps chana dal
• 1/4 cup ground nut
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp hing
• curry leaves
• 1/4 cup oil
• salt to taste

Directions to cook

• Heat oil in a pan on medium flame,add mustard seeds and fry till it cracles.
• Add urad dal,chana dal,peanuts,red chillies and fry till light golden brown.
• Add green chillies,curry leaves,hing,turmeric,tamarind pulp,salt and cook it for 10mins on medium flame.
• When the mixture becomes thick,turn of the heat.
• Add rice,mix it well and serve with good curd.

Tip

The rice should not be too soft,each grain of the cooked rice should be seperate and rice should be cold.After cooking the rice remove the rice into a plate and let it cool,before adding the tamarind paste and other ingredients to the rice.