Pulihora (Tamarind Rice)

Ingredients:

50 g Tamarind (big lemon size ball)
1/2 cup chana dal
3 Green chillies slit

3 cups of cooked White Rice

For tadka/talimpu

3 tbsp oil

2 tbsp Groundnuts

1 tbsp chana dal

1 tbsp urad dal

1 tsp Mustard

1 tsp Cumin

1 chopped green chilli

2 Red Chillies

3 Curry leaf stalks

2 pinches Asoeftida

1/2 tsp turmeric 

Salt to Taste

Procedure :

1. soak 1/2 cup chana dal in water for 20 min.

2. microwave tamarind with 1/2 cup of water for 1 minute and when it is cool extract thick pulp.

3. Take a sauce pan and cook the tamarind pulp, soaked chana dal and slit green chillies with some salt to a thick paste and let it cool.

4. Take a pan and heat the oil when the oil is hot add ground nuts and fry for 1/2 min and then  add chana dal and fry for 1/2 min on medium flame.

5. To that add urad dal,  mustard, cumin seeds, red chillies, green chilli, curry leaves, hing, turmeric and fry for 1/2 minute on low heat. Take care not to burn the tadka.

6. Take the cooked rice and add salt and mix well and to that add the tadka/ talimpu and combine well.

7. Finally add the tamarind paste desired to your taste and combine well. You can store the left over tamarind paste in refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.

8. Serve the pulihora with yogurt on side