Tamarind rice recipe
Tamarind rice is one of the popular South Indian rice recipe prepared using fresh tamarind pulp.
Servings 1 people
Equipment
- regular pan to cook rice
Ingredients
To cook rice
- 1 cup sona masoori/indrayani rice
- 2½ cups water to cook rice
to prepare tamarind mixture for the rice
- ¼ to ½ cup tamarind
- 1 cup water
other
- 2 tbsp oil
- ¼ cup peanuts
- 2 dry red chilies
- salt to taste
- a pinch of red chili powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp podi powder(without garlic)
Instructions
- Heat water and add tamarind. boil for 10 to 15 mins and keep it aside.
- cook rice in a separate pan. add 1 cup rice and 2 cups water.bring them to boil until rice are cooked. keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add peanuts and fry them for 2 to 3 minutes. Add curry leaves and dry red chilies.
- Now, Strain the tamarind pulp directly to the pan.
- Add salt to taste, red chili powder, turmeric powder and podi powder. mix well.
- Let the gravy cook till the oil oozes out for 10 to 12mins.
- Add cooked rice to the tamarind sauce and mix well.
- Enjoy.
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Notes
- Red chili powder and turmeric powder are totally optional.
- If you don't have podi masala powder then,
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heat a pan and then reduce the flame to a low.
- add 2 dry red chilies . 1 tbsp coriander seeds, 1 tsp chanadal, 1 tsp sesame seeds, 1/2 tsp urad dal and roast for 2 mins. Crush to a fine powder and use this fresh fine powder in the recipe.
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