Puliodarai/Puliogare

This recipe serves 3.

Ingredients:

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• Rice(sona masuri/basmati) - 1 cup
• Gingelly oil - 4 teaspoon

Method:

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• Soak rice for 15 min.Drain the excess water.
• Add 2 tsp oil of oil in a kadai and saute the drained rice till water evaporates completely.
• Boil water(rice : water=1:2) and add the rice to it with 1 tsp of oil.
• Cook covered.
• Set aside to cool and pour 1 tsp of oil .The grains should be separate.

For the tamarind paste

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• Thick Tamarind juice - extracted from a ball of diameter 3 cm
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Chana dal - 1 1/2 tsp
• Groundnuts - 1 handful
• Red chillies - 3 ,broken into halves
• turmeric powder - a pinch
• jaggery - 1 tsp, powdered
• salt - 1 tsp(can be altered according to sourness of tamarind)
• oil - 3 to 4 tsp

Method:

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• Add oil in a kadai.Add mustard seeds.
• When it splutters,add chana dal,groundnuts,red chillies,hing and saute till golden brown.
• Add tamarind juice extract,jaggery,salt,turmeric powder.
• Stir well and cook on a medium flame till it thickens into a paste.
• You can store it in an air tight container in refrigerator.

For the powder

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• Dhania/coriander seeds - 2 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper - 10 to 15 peppercorns(depending on one's taste)
• Red chillies - 8 to 10
• Til / sesame seeds - 2 1/2 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Dry coconut,shredded - 3 tsp(optional...If you wish to store the powder,avoid coconut)
• Chana dal - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1 1/2 tsp
• Hing - 1/2 tsp

Method:

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• Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai.
• Add urad dal,chana dal,fenugreek seeds,coriander seeds and saute till golden brown.
• Add peppercorns,til,jeera and saute till it bursts.
• Add red chillies,hing,dry coconut and fry for another 3 min till all the ingredients get roasted.
• Set aside to cool.And grind into a coarse powder in a mixer.

For puliodarai:

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• Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai.
• Add mustard seeds.When it splutters,add curry leaves.
• On a low flame,add cooked rice to it .Add 2 to 3 tsp of paste.
• Mix well with a flat spatula.Do not mash the rice.
• Add 3 tsp of powder too.Mix well.
• Adjust the quantity of paste,powder,salt according to taste.

Serve hot with curd and potato chips.