Name: Tamarind Pulihora
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Any rice; 5 tsp Tamarind paste (Puli); 2 tbsp Oil; 10 nos Green chillies; 1" cube Ginger; 2 nos Red chillies (Kollamulaku); 2 tbsp Ground nuts (Nelakadala); 1 tbsp Cashew nuts; 1 tbsp Mustard seeds; 2 1/2 tbsp Bengal gram (Kadalaparippu); 2 1/2 tbsp Black gram (Uzhunnuparippu); 2-3 pinches Asafoetida (Kayam); 2 stems Curry leaves; 1 1/2 tbsp Sesame powder (Ellu)

Tamarind Pulihora

Spicy rice dish made with tamarind or puli

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Any rice
5 tsp Tamarind paste Puli
2 tbsp Oil
10 nos Green chillies
1" cube Ginger
2 nos Red chillies Kollamulaku
2 tbsp Ground nuts Nelakadala
1 tbsp Cashew nuts
1 tbsp Mustard seeds
2 1/2 tbsp Bengal gram Kadalaparippu
2 1/2 tbsp Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
2-3 pinches Asafoetida Kayam
2 stems Curry leaves
1 1/2 tbsp Sesame powder Ellu

Instructions

Cook rice and see to it that each grain is separate.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add red chillies, Bengal gram, black gram, mustard seeds, groundnuts and cashews.
When the mustard seeds splutter, add asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies & grated ginger.
Add tamarind paste and turmeric powder.
When the tamarind paste cooks and starts to leave oil, switch off the flame.
Add salt.
Add this mixture to the already cooked rice along with the sesame powder.
:- Need not be served hot. :- Do not keep it in the fridge as the taste shall be lost.
***Note : Sesame powder is made by roasting sesame seeds and grinding it to a powder, adding salt and red chillies or red chilly powder.

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Response (7)

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jyothi varansi November 6, 2004

The recipe is good.

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sujatha November 17, 2005

add little water to readymade tamarind paste before adding to the seasoning

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manju February 22, 2007

i prepared it , it`s very good.

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Pallavi January 23, 2007

Thank You.


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Sangita July 22, 2006

Thanks

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padma April 30, 2005

Thanks.
everyone liked it.

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Roshni August 24, 2007

it ia very easy n simple dish