A flavorful Tamarind Rice recipe perfect for lunchboxes. It includes aromatic spices and tamarind juice for a tangy taste. This dish is easy to make and great for a busy work week lunch.
1: Soak Tamarind in warm water for 10 mins and extract tamarind Juice.
2: In a pan dry roast the ingredients under spice powder and grind it into a fine powder.
3: Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan, add split urad dal, Bengal gram, peanuts, curry leaves, asafoetida and red chilli. Fry until the dal and peanuts turn golden brown.
4: Add tamarind juice and salt. Let this cook for 10 mins.
5: Add the spice powder to the cooking tamarind juice.
6: Reduce the flame to low and keep stirring the pan to incorporate the spices in the tamarind juice. Once the paste thickens, remove the pan from heat.
7: In another pan, heat oil and add the tempering ingredients.
8: Once the tempering splutters, add the tempering to the puliodharai mix. Once the mix is cooled, we can store this in an airtight container.
9: To assemble the puliyodharai, take 2 cups of cooked rice, add sesame oil, little salt and some puliyodharai mix. Mix well, rest for 15 mins and serve.
