Andhra Pulihora-Andhra Puliyodharai
Prep Time : 10 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Lunch-Variety Rice
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Tamarind – lemon sized ball
Mustard powder – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Sesame seed Oil for mixing with cooked rice – 1 tbsp
For the seasoning
Oil – 1/4 cup (use gingelly oil/sesame seed oil)
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tbsp
Bengal gram/kadalai paruppu- 1 tbsp
Peanuts – 2 tbsp
Green chillies – 3 (break it into 2 pieces)
Red chillies – 6 (break it into 2 pieces)
Ginger (finely chopped) – 2 tsp
Curry leaves – a sprig
Preparation
Cook rice in such a way that the grains are separate. Spread cooked rice on a plate, add crushed curry leaves to it when it is hot for flavor. Leave it to cool.
Soak tamarind in hot water for 20-30 minutes and extract 1 cup of thick tamarind juice. Discard the pulp.
Method
When you keep everything ready, making this puliyodharai is a breeze.
Heat 1/4 cup of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, bengal gram and peanuts. Saute till dal changes to light golden brown.
Then add green chillies, finely chopped ginger and saute for a few seconds.
Then add red chillies, curry leaves and fry for a few seconds. Take care not to burn the chillies.
Now add tamarind extract, needed salt and keep it on medium flame.
Boil the tamarind extract till it thickens (saucy consistency) and leaves oil. See the second picture below.
Now the rice and the tamarind paste (also called pulikachal) are ready.(see pic below)
Add needed tamarind paste to the rice and mix it gently.
Note -Those who do not like the smell of mustard powder can skip it but I strongly recommend it. It is a must for Andhra Pulihora. You can add a pinch of hing, if needed when seasoning.
The tamarind paste or pulikachal can be stored in a bottle and refrigerated for a week. Mix it with rice when needed.
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View Comments (22)
One of my favorite recipe.....love the way you preparedit...
nice recipe and well written, instead of tamarind can we use amchur powder?
No.
delicious recipe Padhu and love the last click :)
Such a flavourful tamarind rice,makes me hungry.
Yummy..
Wow...mouth-watering looking at the pictures...
hey that really delicious rice preparation
Oh My God... Feeling hungry after seeing this.... Love ur neat presentation
Event: Dish name starts with P
i m so fond of puliodhare padhu... you got me drooling here
Dear Akanksha
The star of this recipe is tamarind, so it does not taste good if you substitute with amchur powder.