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Chinthapandu Pulihora(Tamarind Rice)

recipe given by: Sri:mathi Mounika, US.

Tamarind Rice is a special dish prepared in South India.It is a tangy flavoured rice mixed in tamarind sauce and spices.

Ingredients:

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* Rice --2 cups(cooked)
* Tumeric powder(haldi,pasupu)--1/4 tbsp
* Curry leaves(karivepaku)--10
* peanuts(pallilu)--1/2 cup
* Tamarind--100g
* channa dal(sanaga pappu)--1 tbsp
* mustard seeds ( aavalu)--1/2 tbsp
* cumin seeds (jeera)--1/2 tbsp
* medium dry red chili--5
* green chilis slit length wise--4
* oil--3 to 4 tbsp
* salt

Preparation Method:

* Soak the tamarind in water for about 30 minutes and extract the juice free of all the pulp and seeds.
* Now heat oil in a deep vessel.Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.
* Then add peanuts,dry red chillis,cumin seeds,channa dal and fry for 15-20 seconds till light brown.
* Now add the slit green chillis and curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds.
* After then add the tamarind extract .Cook untill the raw smell disappears and all water evaporates.
* Cook the rice(make sure the rice doesn't get stick) and once it is cooked spread it out in a wide bowl/dish to cool slightly may be for 5 minutes.
* Now add the above tamarind extract to the rice and also add salt as required. Add the tamarind extract as per your taste
* Serve hot with any curry you like.