Andhra Pulihora, Tamarind Rice
Andhra Pulihora is a spicy tamarind based rice dish from Andhra Cuisine. While there are many ways of making this tangy tamarind rice from the South States, this version from Andhra uses spices specific to the state.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cooked Rice 300 gms
- Tamarind size of a lemon
- 10 Red Chillies
- 3 Green Chillies
- 1 tbsp Bengal Gram
- 1 tsp Urud Dal
- 2 tbsp Ground Nut
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 Curry Leaves
- A pinch Asafoetida
- Salt to taste
- 150 ml Cooking Oil
For Powder
- 1 tsp Bengal Gram
- 1 tsp Urud Dal
- 2 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek
- 2 nos Red Chillies
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in water for 30 mins. Extract thick pulp from it.
- Cook rice and spread it over a big bowl. Add oil to make sure the grains are separate.
- Dry roast all the ingredients for the powder and grind it once it is cool.
- Take a kadai, heat oil and add Bengal gram, Urud dal, Ground nuts, mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add curry leaves, asafoetida.
- Add the tamarind pulp to the above, salt, add required amount of water to boil. Once its boiled well add the powder and cook well for 10 mins on sim.
- Once its done, mix it to the rice.
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