Tamarind Rice / Iyengar Kovil Puliyodharai / Puli Sadam
An Iyengar Kovil puliyodharai rice recipe. The rice tastes similar to the one we get in Temples. We often pack tamarind rice when we go on trips, they wont be spoiled for 2 days in the normal outside temperature. In our Kongunadu region, we normally don’t add any extra masala podi which we add in this recipe.
| Ingredients : | |
|---|---|
| Tamarind | big Lemon size |
| Rice | 4 cup |
| Sesame Oil | 4 tsp |
| Mustard Seed | 1/4 tsp |
| Channa dhal | 1 tsp |
| Asafoetida | 1 pinch |
| Red Chili | 7 nos |
| Curry leaves | 1 strand |
| Ground nut/ Peanut | 1/2 cup |
| Turmeric Powder | 1 tsp |
| To fry and grid : | |
| Red Chili | 5 nos |
| Channa dhal | 2 tsp |
| Coriander seed | 2 tsp |
| Fenugreek seed | 1/4 tsp |
| Sesame Seed | 1 tbsp |
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Step 1
Extract tamarind juice to not more than 2 cups. Fry the items given in “To fry and grid” in a pan with little oil. Fry till they turn golden brown and the sesame seed starts crackling. Grind them to a fine powder. Cook the Rice and allow it to cool down. Mix the rice with sesame oil- 4 tsp, ground powder – 3 tbsp, keep separately in a plate.
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Step 2
In a non-stick pan or wok, heat sesame oil – 4 tbsp, When hot, add mustard. When mustard splutters add Channa dhal, Asafoetida, Red Chili, Peanut, Curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes. Add the tamarind extract, turmeric and salt. Allow tamarind to cook till the raw smell leaves and the oil separates. Do not forget to stir often. Add 3/4 quantity of ground powder and cook for about 5 minutes in low flame. Add the rice and mix gently well. Taste for salt and add salt if required. Add the remaining ground powder now and allow the rice mix to stay for 30 min before serving.
- The ground powder is optional. But if you want it to taste like Temple Tamarind Rice, then powder is must.
- Peanuts can also be skipped.
- Cashew nuts can also be added to enhance the taste.
- You can grind the podi in bulk and save it in refrigerator for future usage.
(*) Serve with Pappads, Applam, Vadam.
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anybody can say what is ground powder?
I think by ground powder she meant the one that has been grinded..which is called ground as grinded is wrong english
I found it very easy
Thank you very Much
I guess , there is a single ingredient that is missing in this recipe.
can you guess that ? :)
I think missing ingredient is Mustard seed it’s correct
Thanks for pointing it out Sona!! I just added it :)
no,, she added mustard seed in the ingredients, i think u missd to see that