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.

 

Bobbarla Garelu – Black eyed Peas Fritters

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup bobbarlu (soaked in water for 4-6 hours,drained

3/4 cup finely chopped onions

3-4 green chillis finely chopped                                                

2″ ginger finely minced

1 tsp cumin seeds (optional)

1 small bunch coriander leaves finely chopped

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

Preperation Method:

Grind the soaked and drained black eyed peas to a coarse paste . Add the chopped onions,green chillis, ginger, coriander leaves, cumin seeds and salt and mix well

 Take some of this mixture to form a lemon sized ball. Flatten it on your palm to make a patti shape with hole in the center(just like garelu) . Prepare patties with the rest of the mixture

Heat oil for deep frying. Once its piping hot, reduce flame to medium and place these patties in the oil and fry them to a golden brown color

Serve hot with tomato sauce or any chutneyof your choice