Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, pulihora (south indian tamarind rice). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tamarind rice or popularly known as puliyodharai, puliyogare, pulihora, puli sadam is a famous South-Indian tangy, spicy rice preparation. Puli" refers to Tamarind in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. Pulihora is a popular rice dish from andhra cuisine made with tamarind, rice, tempering spices & curry leaves.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pulihora (south indian tamarind rice) using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pulihora (South Indian Tamarind Rice):
- Make ready 2 cup cooked rice
- Take 2 tbsp tamarind pulp
- Prepare 2 tbsp peanuts
- Prepare 1 tbsp ghee/oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Take 1 string of curry leaves
- Make ready 1 tsp split chana dal/ urad dal
- Make ready 2 dried red chillies
- Make ready pinch hing
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powdee
- Take to taste salt
Tamarind pulp cooked with different spices to a paste is mixed with cooked rice. Peanuts are added to the recipe for extra nuttiness. Tamarind Rice is also known as "Pulihora" in South Indian languages. Pulihora - Andhra Tamarind Rice Deepavali lit up the kitchen with fun, laughter and culinary conversations.
Instructions to make Pulihora (South Indian Tamarind Rice):
- Heat ghee/oil in a pan,add mustard seeds when they start to crack add chana dal/ urad dal and peanuts.fry on low flame till they roasted well or golden brown.
- Add dried red chillies,curry leaves to the pan and fry for few secs.
- Add hing, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and tamarind pulp,saute for few secs.add cooked rice along with salt and mix to coat the rice with the spices and cook covered for 2 -3 mins on low flame.
- Tamarind Rice is ready to serve.serve hot.
Our family whipped up an elaborate vegetarian meal which included Pulihora, a traditional favorite among South Indians, an unassuming tangy rice dish speckled with spices, roasted peanuts and aromatic curry leaves. Pulihora is an authentic Andhra delicacy. The word 'puli' is derives from 'pulupu' which means sourness and 'hora' which is derived from 'origamu' which indeed means food or meals in telugu language. The sourness in the recipe come from tamarind or lemon or mango. In Andhra Pradesh, pulihora is commonly referred to as poor man's festival food.
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