Puliodharai

Puliodharai/Puliogare/Tamarind rice

Puliodharai is basically a travel recipe as the ingredients added to it preserve it for a couple of days without spoiling. It is also served as a prasad in many temples in South India. There are different versions available and all versions are tasty. Here, we have given the recipe of making tamarind rice from puli kaichal.

Ingredients :

1 cup cooked rice
salt to taste

for the tadka (seasoning) :

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon urad dal
1 teaspoon bengal gram dal

10 to 12 raw peanuts
a few curry leaves

for the paste:

puli kaichal (click link for recipe)

Method :

1) In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds, when it starts spluttering add urad dal, bengal gram dal, peanuts and curry leaves.

2) Add the Puli Kaichal (tamarind paste) when the urad dal turns golden brown. Mix cooked rice, salt and  serve hot.