Tamarind rice recipe with step by step pictures. Tangy and spicy puliyogare recipe which is one of the most popular recipe around the world. This recipe has two version of puliyogare. I have shared temple or kovil puliyodharai recipe in this. Make sure you check out the pulikachal recipe or tamarind rice mix recipe which is a fridge staple for making quick lunch.
Tamarind rice recipe
Thinking of puliyogare reminds me about my friend eshu, I have mentioned about her in my lemon rice recipe post. She loves lemon rice, puliyogare a lot, she can eat it all day. So I dedicate this recipe to her. I know she will like this a lot. Now talking about puliyogare. It is my favorite too.
About Tamarind Rice
Amma makes it often for lunch and what she makes to accompany this is some lovely potato roast and papad. You can check here for the recipe of my favorite potato roast. I have given step by step recipe for puliyogare kulambu which you can store it fridge for a couple of weeks.
I think you can store more than that, but in our house it won’t last that long. If you have pulikaichal in your fridge then making puliyogare is a breeze. This can be put in lunch box for kids they will surely love it.
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Ingredients for Puliyogare
- Tamarind – 1 lemon size / around 4 tblspn of thick tamarind paste
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu – 1 tblspn
- Channa Dal / Kadalai Paruppu – 1 tblspn
- Fenugreek Seeds – ½ tsp + ½ tsp(for making spice powder)
- Peanuts / Verkadalai - 4 tblspn
- Oil – ½ cup / 100 ml (try to use Indian gingelly oil, Nala Ennai)
- Dry Red Chilli – 8 + 3 ( for making spice powder)
- Rice – 2 cups cooked (any rice)
- Gingelly Oil- 1 tblspn
How to Make Puliyogare
Step 1:
Dissolve tamarind in 1 cup of water and squeeze of the pulp and set aside.
Step 2:
Make Pulikaichal. Heat ½ cup of oil. Add mustard, peanuts, channa dal, urad dal, fenugreek seeds and mix well. Fry this on a low heat for 2 mins. Add dry red chilli and mix well. Fry for a min. Pour in the tamarind water and mix well. Add salt and bring it to a boil. Boil it for 10 mins and then Simmer it till oil separates..It will take around 10 mins. Switch off the flame and cool it down.
Step 3:
Now make the spice powder. Take 3 red chilli and ½ tsp fo fenugreek in a dry pan and roast it till you get nice aroma. Now cool it down and grind into a fine powder.
Step 4:
Mixing Tamarind Rice. Now make puliyogare. take rice and drizzle it with gingelly oil. Add as much puliyogare gravy you like and a tsp or two of spice powder and mix well. Serve hot or put in lunch box.
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Dissolve tamarind in water ans set aside |
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| heat oil and add mustard seeds |
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| peanuts |
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| Channa dal |
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| urad dal |
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| fenugreek |
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| dry red chilli |
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| and fry for few minutes |
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| add tamarind water |
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| salt |
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| and bring it to a boil |
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| boil till oil separates |
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| done done |
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| now roast some dry red chilli and fenugreek seeds in a dry pan |
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| till light golden |
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| crush it and make into a powder |
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| like this |
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| Now take rice and drizzle some oil over it |
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| add some pulikaichal to this |
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| and mix well |
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| now sprinkle some powder |
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| and mix well |
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| This what makes it |
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| Serve |
Andhra Puliyogare Recipe
This version of puliyogare recipe is made in one pot, slightly different and it can be made in few minutes.
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.
Puliyogare | Puliyodharai Recipe | Tamarind Rice Recipe | Kovil Puliyodharai
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice
- 4 tbsp Split Channa Dal
- 4 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
For Seasoning:
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 4 tbsp Raw Peanuts
- 1 tbsp Split Channa Dal
- 1 tbsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 6 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash rice and dal together and take them in a pressure cooker. Pour 2 ½ 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.
Video
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| Wash Rice & Chana Dal Together |
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| Add it to pressure cooker along with water |
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| and let them cook |
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| Extract tamarind pulp from the fruit |
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| Boil it so that it gets cooked |
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| It should be thick and glossy |
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| add that to the cooked rice |
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| and mix well |
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| Now lets make seasoning |
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| heat oil |
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| add channa dal and mustard |
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| add peanuts |
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| cumin and urad dal |
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| add in chillies and cook till they are toasted. |
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| now add in salt and turmeric |
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| mix well |
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| pour that in the rice |
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| and mix well |
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| Serve |
Tamarind Rice mix or pulikachal recipe is a must have mixes in your fridge if you are a busy working mom. This comes in handy on those lazy days. It is not only easy to make but it is preservatives free and taste better than store bought ones.
Ingredients for Tamarind Rice Mix or pulikachal
- Gingelly Oil - 1 cup
- Tamarind - 1 large apple size
- Dry Red Chillies - 10
- Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - ½ cup
- Peanuts - ½ cup
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ¼ cup
- Curry leaves 2 big handful
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - 1 tsp
- Water - 2 cups
- Salt to taste
For Roasting & Grinding:
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chillies - 20
Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam - 1 tsp
How to make Tamarind Rice Mix | pulikachal
- Take tamarind and soak it in water for 15 mins. Squeeze and extract as much juice as possible. Discard the pulp.
- Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan, dry roast chillies and fenugreek seeds on low heat. Now take this in a blender and powder them.
- Now heat gingelly oil in a kadai. Add in peanut, chana dal and fry till golden.
- Add in urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida and fry for few more mins.
- Add in dry red chillies and fry for a min.
- Add in tamarind water and cook that down till it thickens.
- Now add in the spice powders and salt and mix well. Cook till it gets pretty dry and oil separates from it.
- Now you can cool this down and store it in a air tight container in fridge.
- When you need. Mix this in some cooked rice and toss well. Add salt to taste
- Serve.
Pulikachal Recipe step by step pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
Tips & Tricks
- Adjust the spice level as per you taste.
- If you are storing this in fridge, add the prepared spice powder in the gravy and mix well. You can store this in an air tight bottle in fridge.
- Tamarind rice taste depends mostly on fenugreek and chillies. So make sure you don't skip the roasting of the spices.
- Peanuts add nice crunch to the dish so add generous amount in tamarind rice.
- Tamarind rice stays good for many hours. it is one of the best travel friendly recipe.
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Rasi
it looks very nice 🙂 this is how do it too.. my fav food!
The Pumpkin Farm
looks yummy
Sharmilee! :)
Flavourful and nice...luv all variety rices
hemalata
My favorite rice,looks so yummy.
Umm Mymoonah
Nice presentation, looks very yummy!
vaishali sabnani
looks yum!!
Hema
Awesome, I like the picture with the rice served on those leaves, mouthwatering..
Jaleela
One of my fav, nice presentation Aarthi,
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Archana
Love it and smacking my lips here in anticipation.
Chef Mireille
looks delicious
Harini
The rice served in an Almond leaf (?) is very appealing..We make this in a different way.
Vardhini
Our favorite food. Looks good.
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S.Menaga
Flavourful n delicious puliyogare...
Tina
Delicious rice..
Amy
looks delicious!!
Srivalli
Nice presentation..
maha
this looks awesome n delicious......
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Poonam Borkar
awesome recipe aarthi.. rice looks super tempting..will try this!!
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Smitha
this is even my favorite one!....yummy!
Magda
sinceramente.. me da respeto un plato con tanto pique
Angela
Looks lovely. I love the flavor of tamarind.
Sobha Shyam
delicious rice, i love it..nice clicks..
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Hey nice recipe..ur presentations are awesome and informative
SouthIndianHome
looks perfect Aarthi.nice presentation
Hema Nova
My mouth is watering after seeing this puliyotharai. looks inviting.
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Mouth watering dish..U have done it perfect,Aarthi..
Kalpana Sareesh
an all time fav rice..too good
faseela
yummy n tangy rice....
Chandrani
Tangy yummy tarmarind rice.
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What a tangy and yummy dish:-) One of my fav!!
Kanchan
Loved the snap, looks beautiful on leaf !
Kanan
love the pic with leaf. nice looking and tasty recipe.
Preeti Garg
look soo yummy and tempting....Awesome....
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Suma Gandlur
Very flavorful one!
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wow...excellent recipe...puli sadham looks more tempting!!
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Ramya
i was waiting for this recipe to try
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i was waiting for this recipe to try
Rujuta
I love tamarind rice...recipe bookmarked.. the rice looks tempting
PJ
I am literally drooling over the picture.Looks tempting...
Anitha Kirubakaran
luks tempting arthi
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Very nice....
pooja bhatt
I know people make the "gojju" and keep ...I find this much easier
Aarthi.K
Aarthi..I have tried many of your recipes..it comes well..Whenever I wanted to cook something different I refer up to ur recipes..Good job..keep going..
Bagavathy Appasamy
Sister.... Ninga blog la fenugreek and chilli uh podi pani rice mix panum podhu podringa... But Amma and unga video la gravy prepare panum podhu podringa.... Idhula endha method use pana taste enhance panum.... Pls reply panunga sister❤