Andhra Puliyogare ( Pulihora/Puliyodharai) / Andhra Tamarind Rice

Andhra is known for spicy foods, so think about their style of making puliyogare and stuffs like that. When I got a glance of this recipe in one my friend's blog, I know I should definitely try it immediately. Believe it or not I made it the next day itself. The meal came together in less than 30 mins. I served it with papad and pickle.

 

Give it a try and let me know what you think..

Recipe Source: Divya's Recipes

Serves - 2 to 3

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Split Channa Dal  / Kadala Paruppu - 4 tblspn

Tamarind Pulp -  4 tblspn or to taste ( Click for recipe)

For Seasoning:

Oil -  4 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Raw Whole Peanuts - 4 tblspn

Split Channa Dal / Kadala Paruppu - 1 tblspn

Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu - 1 tblspn

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli - 5 to 6

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Turmeric powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash rice and dal together and take them in a pressure cooker. Pour 2 1/2 to 3 cups of water and pressure cook them for 3 whistle. Switch off the flame. Let the pressure go all by itself, open the pressure cooker and fluff it with a fork.

Now lets makes the tamarind paste. Take tamarind pulp and add half cup of water and bring it to a boil. Cook this till the pulp gets cooked and thick and raw smell gets away. If you are using whole tamarind fruit, first soak that in warm water for 15 mins, squeeze to get the pulp out, strain it and continue with the process.

Pour this tamarind pulp over the rice and mix well.

Now make the seasoning. Heat oil in a kadai. Add all the ingredients given the seasoning list in the given order and fry them on low heat for 2-3 mins till everything is toasted.

Pour this seasoning over the rice and mix well.

Serve hot with papad and pickle.

Pictorial:

Wash Rice & Channa Dal Together 

Add it to pressure cooker along with water

and let them cook

Extract tamarind pulp from the fruit

Boil it so that it gets cooked

It should be thick and glossy

add that to the cooked rice 

and mix well

Now lets make seasoning

heat oil

add channa dal and mustard

add peanuts

cumin and urad dal

add in chillies and cook till they are toasted.

now add in salt and turmeric

mix well

pour that in the rice

and mix well

Serve