Pulihora,Tamarind rice ,Raw green Mango rice, South Indian Dish Youtube

Pulihora, or Puliyodhara, or Chitrannam is a very common preparation in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Indian cuisine
Ingredients:
3 cups - Raw rice ( Use : Sona Masuri, Basmati or Long grain rice )
Seasoning

1. 2 tbsp - Mustard seeds


2. 1/4 cup - Urad dal


3. 1/4 cup - Chana dal


4. 1/4 cup - Peanuts


5. 6 to 8 - Whole dried red chili


6. 1 tsp - Turmeric powder


7. 1 big yellow lemon size - Tamarind


8. 1/4 to 1/2 tsp - Hing


9. 2 to 3 sprigs - Curry leaves


10. 1 cup - Oil


11. Salt to taste
    

Method1 ) In the first step, cook the rice and then spread out in a big plate to cool a bit.
2 ) Second step is to Season. Heat oil in a pan and fry the whole red chillies. Take it off the oil and set aside. Then add chana dal, peanuts, urad dal and fry on medium low heat. Then add mustard and after mustard pops, add curry leaves, hing and take off the stove
3 ) Thirdly, pour the seasoning onto the cooked rice.Then to make the tamarind paste, extract thick tamarind paste from the tamarind by adding little by little water and squeezing out a thick tamarind juice. Now cook the extracted juice till it thickens to a semi-thick concentrated paste. Add salt to taste when cooking the tamarind juice.
4 ) Add the cooked tamarind paste to the cooked rice. Now mix the rice well with the seasoning and the tamarind paste. Mix thoroughly and then serve

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