Pulihora – Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:
2 cups raw rice (cook such that each grain is separate, spread to cool)
1/2 tsp turmeric/haldi/pasupu

15-20 fresh curry leaves

salt to taste

large lemon sized tamarind (soak in a cup of hot water and extract pulp)

1 tbsp channa dal (split bengal gram)

1 tbsp urad dal/minappapu/split black gram
1 tsp teaspoon mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
3-4 medium dry red chilli
4-5 green chillis slit length wise
1 1/2 tsps finely chopped ginger
1/4 tsp hing/asafoetida/inguva
2 tsproasted peanuts

1 tsp Cahew nuts

3 tbsps oil

Preperation Method:
Grind 1 tsp of mustard seeds in to coarse powder and mix the powder to the rice.

Heat the remaining oil in a cooking vessel, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add Pea nuts,channa dal, urad dal ,cashew nuts and fry for a minute till light brown. Next add the slit green chillis, ginger, dry red chillis,asafoetida and few curry leaves,salt,turmeric and fry for a few seconds.

Add the tamarind extract and cook till the raw smell of tamarind disappears, approx 5 mts. It will be a like a thick but flowing paste. Remove from heat,Add the cooked tamarind mix and combine well such that its spread all over the rice. Adjust salt.