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Tamarind Rice- A tangy ,delicious and flavorful Rice made with tamarind,peanuts and a spice mix- Specialty of Southern India

Tamarind rice/puliyohara/puliyodarai /Temple puliyohara is a specialty rice preparation of South India.There are few version of making this tamarind rice depends of every state and the taste of every household. It is a specialty from Tamil Iyengars community.
This is a spicy and tangy rice preparation which is a complete meal in it self and a great travel food too.

Puliyodarai  / tamarind rice is also a popular prashad offered in South Indian temples.

A spice mix is prepared by roasting selected spices and lentils and then they are mixed in tamarind sauce . This sauce is referred as -pulikaichal or puliyodarai masala.

You don’t need many side dishes or accompaniments to serve along this delicious and flavorful rice,just fried papad, chips or a hot bowl of Mysore rasam or Pineapple Rasam is enough to serve along.

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Tamarind Rice/ Puliyodharai

Tamarind rice- A tangy and flavourful rice made with tamarind, peanuts and few flavourful spices- Specialty from Southern India
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Lunch, Rice preparation, Tiffin recipes, Travel Food
Cuisine: South Indian Cuisine
Keyword: puliyodharai, tamarind rice
Servings: 4
Calories: 546kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cup Rice/chawal

Pulikaichal/ Tamrind spice Mix

  • 1/4 Cup Peanuts / Moongphali
  • 2 lemon size Tamarind / Imli
  • 1.5 tbsp Bengal gram /chana daal
  • 1.5 tbsp White lentil/urad daal
  • 12 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
  • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
  • 2 tbsp Jaggary / Gud * Optional
  • 4 Dried red chilies
  • 2 Green chilies/Hari Mirch
  • 1.5 tsp Ginger / Adrak
  • 1/2 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 4 tbsp Cooking Oil

To Grind-

  • 1.5 tbsp sesame seeds /til
  • 1.5 tbsp Coriander Seeds / Sabut Dhaniya
  • 1/3 tsp Asafoetida/ hing
  • 3/4 tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
  • 4 dried whole red chilies

Instructions

  • Wash and soak rice for 20 minutes and then boil in enough water till done.
  • Drain the boiled rice on a colander to remove all the extra water.
  • In a pan add 1.5 tsp of oil and add all the ingredients for roasting-sesame seeds,coriander seeds,fenugreek seeds,whole red chili and asafoetida.
  • Roast them to a nice golden colour and then grind to make a fine powder.
  • Soak tamarind in 1.5 cup of warm water for about 15 minutes.
    Mash the tamarind well and squeeze the pulp.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add the peanuts and fry them on low heat till they become golden in colour.
  • Now add mustard seeds,urad daal,chana daal,fenugreek seeds and saute till daal become golden in colour.
  • Add curry leaves,whole red chilies,green chilies,asafoetida, and turmeric and saute.
    Then add the tamarind pulp ,jaggary,ginger and salt and cook on medium heat .
  • Cook till the mixture started to thicken and oil start floating on the sides of the pan.
  • Now add the boiled rice and the ground spice mix and mix every thing gently.
  • Cover the pan for minimum 1 hour so rice will absorb all the flavours and the daal used in tempering will soften a bit.
  • Serving suggestions-serve along with some papad,chips,curd or rasam

Nutrition

Calories: 546kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 84mg | Potassium: 290mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 383IU | Vitamin C: 104mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 3mg

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  1. Jinson

    Aunty, thanks for recipe. I cam across your blog and prepared the rice.. It was awesome and awe inspiring to see the amount of work which goes into Puliyotharai.

  2. Anonymous

    hello aunty….very nice collection of recipes….everything looks very organized…thanks a lot for taking that effort….could you do a post on sambhar sometime ….thank u once again!!