Pulihora is a very common and traditional preparation from Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu cuisines. Puli means sour and hence the name pulihora as this is made with spicy tamarind gravy mixed with rice. Pulihora is a rice based dish tastes exotic and unique.
It is called as Tamarind rice in English, Pulihora in Telugu, Puliyodharai in Tamil , chitrannam or puliyogare in Kannada. This dish is considered as a popular festival food traditionally served as PRASADAM in most of the Andhra and South Indian temples. As Hindus consider turmeric powder as a symbol of auspiciousness, this dish is cooked for almost all auspicious occasions and during festival.
This dish is also considered to be a good stimulant for dead tongue. Pulihora is simple and easy to cook and is inexpensive too. Pulihora is stomach filling extremely delicious for its tangy, sour and salty taste. Pulihora is also known as poor man's feast. This dish can be served anytime for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Pulihora can be prepared in various styles with either tamarind pulp, mango or lemon juice. It is a refreshing and comfort food and makes a complete satisfying meal.
Preparation time : 30 mins
Serves : 4 to 5 approx
Ingredients :
Cooked rice : 4 cups
Tamarind juice : 1cup
Peanuts : 2tbsp
Chana dal : 2 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds / methi seeds : one pinch
Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
Jeera / cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Curry leaves : 2 springs
Red chili : 3
Turmeric : 1/4 tsp
Hing : 1/8 tsp
Green chili : 2
Red chili powder : 1/4 tsp (optional)
Coriander powder : 1 tsp (optional)
Cumin powder : 1 tsp (optional)
Roasted sesame seed powder : 1tbsp (optional)
Method :
Take a pan, heat it, add 4tbsp of oil.
Once oil is hot, add whole red chili, mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter add fenugreek seeds, jeera.
Add peanuts and chana dal.
Fry them till they are done.
Add curry leaves, hing, slit green chili, and turmeric.
Saute it a bit.
Add tamarind juice.
Now add coriander powder, cumin powder and red chili powder.
Cook the entire mixture till oil oozes out from it and till it becomes a bit thick.
Add roasted sesame seed powder and some salt to taste.
Take tamarind paste that you prepared and mix it with your white rice.
Depending on the taste you want , add that much paste.
You can store this prepared tamarind paste in an air tight container and keep it in fridge for up to one month.
If you are preparing tamarind paste to store it then don't add roasted sesame seed powder while cooking the tamarind paste, as it reduces the shelf life. (Instead you can add roasted sesame seed powder to rice while you are mixing it with tamarind paste)
If you are sure that you are going to prepare tamarind rice, then while cooking rice you can add turmeric power in it, so that you get yellow colour distributed evenly to the rice.
This rice tastes better at least after half an hour, after you prepared the rice.
Pulihora goes excellently well with wafers, vadiyalu, chips.
Enjoy your tamarind rice with Onion slice :)
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