Puliyodharai | Tamarind Rice | Puliogare 

Tamarind rice or puliyodharai or puliogare is a very traditional and most popular south Indian rice variety made with tamarind paste.

Ingredients

Cooked rice-1 cup

For Pulikaichal-

Tamarind extract-1 cup

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Urad dal-1 tsp

Bengal gram dhal-1 tsp

Red chillies-8

Curry leaves few

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Gingelly oil-2 -3 tbsps
Peanuts -2 tbsps

For masala powder(dry roast and powder)

Bengal gram dhal-1 Tbsp

Coriander seeds-1 Tbsp

Red chillies-5-6 nos

Peppercorns-1/4 tsp

Ellu(til)-1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds-1/4 tsp

Asafoetida-1/4 Tsp 

Method

👉Dry roast the ingredients given under for masala and grind to a fine powder.set aside.

               

👉Heat gingelly oil in a kadai add mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram dhal, peanuts, curry leaves, red chillies, and saute until the dhals are golden brown colour.
👉Now add the tamarind extract, turmeric powder, salt and little water and cook until raw smell goes and the oil oozes on top. The pulikaichal is ready.

  👉Add the required amount of pulikaichal to the cooked rice in batches according to your taste preference.

👉Finally, add the masala powder to the rice and mix everything well gently.

👉Garnish with roasted peanuts and serve.

Preparation time-20 mins

Serves-4

Note -

✍️You can add masala powder to the pulikaichal while cooking itself or add later.

✍️You can store the excess pulikaichal in refrigerator for a month.