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Preparation of Puliyodharai in Sri Vaishnava Homes:

1. PulikAichal - Tamarind paste/sauce

Ingredients (preparation intended for 4 or 5 people only)

While the cooked rice and tamarind paste are mixed together we need to add powder of the following items:-

Method of preparation:-

Tamarind should be soaked in water.The quantity of water should be just enough to immerse the quantity of tamarind taken.After it is well soaked in water,(it takes sometime)add water little by little until we get thick extract of tamarind paste.

Take a pan and put  gingelly oil and add to it dry red chillies (2 or 3 NOs broken into pieces)mustard,asafoetida and should be fried appropriately. Then add to it the tamarind extract together with salt. It should be boiled well  until we get a honey-like density paste.Now take the pan from the oven and add fried fenugreek seeds in powder form.(please remember fenugreek to be fried withou oil)

1/2 a litre rice to be cooked in such a way that the  cooked rice is stiff and separate which is ideal for making puliyodharai.Then the cooked rice to be transferred to a tray or a wide vessel to facilitate free mixing of puliyodharai. Now add a 2 table spoon of gingelly oil over it.At this stage do not start blending, but allow the cooked rice to cool down. Thereafter you can start blending.

Now following items to be added to the cooked rice:

Blend everything well. Wait for 1/2 to 1 hour for puliyodharai to be ready for use.