Puliyogare – a popular rice prepration in South Indian states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.
Puliyogare is a simple rice dish where cooked rice is mixed with a spice powder and tamarind, jaggery paste. Tamarind rice is known by different names in different states of India . Some of the other names by which it is known are Pulihora and Puliyodharai.
Puliyogare can be served on its own or along with curds, raita and pickle. It makes for a good lunch box option for kids.
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List of ingredients to make Puliyogare
For spice powder : Udad dal, chana dal, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, whole black pepper, methi seeds, sesame seeds and dry coconut.
For rice : Cooked rice , oil, Mustard seeds, udad dal, chana dal, hing, dry red chilly, turmeric, curry leaves, peanuts, tamarind, jaggery and salt.
Step-wise recipe with pictures
Soak tamarind and jaggery in 1 cup water for 30 minutes.
Heat a pan. Add few drops of oil. Add udad dal, chana dal, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, black pepper, fenugreek seeds and sesame seeds. Roast till they turn aromatic. Keep aside.
Add grated dry coconut and roast for few seconds.
Allow all the roasted ingredients to cool down.
Transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer jar and blend to a fine powder. Keep the spice powder (puliyogare powder) aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Add peanuts and saute.
When it starts changing colour, add mustard seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves, udad dal, chana dal, hing and roast it till the dals turn golden in colour.
Strain the tamarind and jaggery mixture and add the tamarind water. Mix well and allow it to cook on slow flame.
Add turmeric, puliyogare powder and salt and mix it well. You can add a little water if required and let it cook on a slow flame for few seconds.
Now, add the cooked rice and mix it well with the masalas. Serve hot.
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Puliyogare | Tamarind Rice
Ingredients
For Puliyogare powder
- 1 tsp Split black lentils (Udad dal)
- 1 tsp Split Bengal gram (Channa dal)
- 2 tsp Coriander seeds (dhaniya)
- 1tsp Mustard seeds (Rai)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 2 to3 Dry Red Chillies
- ½ tsp Whole black pepper (kali mirch)
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds (methi seeds)
- 1tsp Sesame seeds (til)
- 3 tbsp Grated dry coconut
For Puliyogare rice
- 4 cups Cooked rice
- 1 tbsp Oil
- tsp Mustard seeds (Rai)
- 1 tsp Split black lentils (Udad dal)
- 1 tsp Split Bengal gram (Chana dal)
- ½ tsp Asafoetida (hing)
- 1 Dry red chilly
- 1tsp Turmeric
- Few curry leaves
- 3 tbsp Peanuts
- A large lemon sized ball of Tamarind
- 2 to 3 tsp Jaggery (grated)
- 1 cup Water
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Soak tamarind and jaggery in 1 cup water for30 minutes. Keep aside.
- Heat a pan. Add few drops of oil.
- Add udad dal, chana dal, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, black pepper, fenugreek seeds and sesame seeds. Roast till they turn aromatic. Keep aside.
- Add grated dry coconut and roast for few seconds.
- Allow all the roasted ingredients to cool down
- Transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer jar and blend to a fine powder.
- Keep the spice powder (puliyogare powder) aside.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add peanuts and saute.
- When it starts changing colour, add mustard seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves, udad dal, chana dal, hing androast it till the dals turn golden in colour.
- Mash and squeeze the tamarind, jaggery mixture. Strain and and add the tamarind jaggery water.
- Mix well and allow it to cook on slow flame.
- Add turmeric, puliyogare powder and salt and mix it well.
- You can add alittle water if required and let it cook on a slow flame for few seconds.
- Now,add the cooked rice and mix it well with the masalas. Serve hot.
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