Puliogare

Puliogare is all time favorite variety rice for almost all of us. Each of us have our style of preparing. And every recipe tastes great only for this type of rice. Just the combination of chilli with tamarind paste and seasoned with salt tastes great. Other additions to it make it just wonderful, and sometimes wonderful for many days to store them!

You need

4 tsp Puliyogare paste with the oil (recipe follows)

1 tsp roasted coriander powder

1/4 tsp roasted fenugreek seeds

few curry leaves

1/4 cup roasted peanuts

Then to it add the powdered mixture, roasted pea nuts, roasted curry leaves and roasted cashews(optional). Check for salt and add if required. Serve this with nice Sabudana vadam or papad or even potato chips goes great with it.

This can be served with cucumber raita. Chop a cucumber and to it add a cup of yogurt. Tamper Mustard seeds with a spoon of oil and add to the raita. Season with salt and serve with Tamarind rice.

For Puliyogare paste

You need

1 Big lemon size tamarind

10-15 dry red chilies powdered

2 cups water

1/2 cup sesame oil

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

For Tampering

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Urad dhal

11/2 tsp Channa dhal

2 tsp oil

few curry leaves

Tamper the mustard and then add the dhal and saute till golden brown. Add the curry leaves - very little. As I always store the Puliyogare for more days. To this add the tamarind, turmeric powder and powdered red chillies. Add water and let cook for about an hour or until the raw taste goes off. While cooking slowly add the sesame oil. Add the oil little by little. If you do not intend to store the puliyogare for more days, then you can reduce the amount of oil.

Cool it and store in an air tight container for 1 month or two