Pulihora- Tamarind rice

Ingredients:

3 cups of sona masoori rice or any Indian rice

big lemon size tamarind

7-8 green chillies,

slit lengthwise 2 inch ginger, chopped finely

1.2 tsp of turmeric powder/haldi

2 tsp grated jaggery

1/2 cup toasted and grd sesame seeds

4-5 dried red chillies

1/4 cup peanuts

2 tbsp chana dal/bengal gram dal

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal/black gram dal

5-6 curry leaves

1/2 tsp asafeotida

3 tbsp of oil salt as per taste.

Method: •Soak tamarind in a cup of hot water for about an hour, mash and squeese the pulp out of it.

•Heat a tsp of oil add the freshly made pulp, let it cook for 4-5 mins, then add jaggery, turmeric powder, asafeotida, salt and cook further till the pulp gets thicken.

•Pour it over the cooked rice and mix well.

•Heat oil and add the dry ingredients and fry for 2-3 mins, then add the green chillies, chopped ginger and curry leaves, add a pinch or turmeric and mix in the grounded sesame seeds. Mix well combine everything with rice.