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Traditional South Indian temple-style tamarind rice with spices and peanuts.

Kovil puliyodarai

temple style puliyodarai
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Ingredients

  • 100 grams Tamarind
  • Powdered Jaggery
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tbsp Asafoetida
  • required Salt
  • 1 tbsp Sesame oil

To temper

  • 1/4 cup sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 3 Dried Red chillies
  • few Curry Leaves
  • 2 tbsp chana dal
  • 1 tbsp urad dal
  • 1/4 cup Roasted Peanuts

Spice Powder

  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp Channa Dal
  • 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tbsp coriander seds
  • 1/4 tsp urad dal
  • red chilli
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Add oil and roast the ingredients under 'Spice powder'. Allow them to cool and grind them to a fine powder without adding water, and keep them aside
  • Soak tamarind in lukewarm water for 10 - 15 min
  • Discard the seeds and hard part
  • prepare tamarind water
  • Add sesame oil to a pan, and when the oil is hot add the ingredients under 'to temper' and let them splutter
  • Furthermore, add turmeric powder and asafoetida; mix well
  • Add the tamarind extract and salt; allow it to boil for 12-15 minutes till the raw smell goes off
  • Furthermore, Add the spice powder and mix well
  • Add jaggery, extra salt, and chilli powder; mix well and cook
  • cook till oil starts oozing out and the pulikaichal becomes thick
  • Finally, add oil; mix well and turn off the stove
  • Kovil puliyodarai
  • Cool rice completely
  • Add pulikaichal and mix well
  • Furthermore temper mustard seeds, chana dal, and roasted peanuts in sesame oil and add; serve

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