Tamarind Rice (Puliogare) Recipe

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Serves 3

Tamarind rice is a very popular in Tamil Nadu and parts of Karnataka. It is spicy, sour, and typically served all by itself or accompanied by salad.

Ingredients:
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1½ cups Rice
A small ball of tamarind
Curry leaves
Asafetida
1½ tsp mustard oil
Salt
A few peppercorns
½" piece of ginger, finely chopped
A pinch of mustard
¾ cup water (to soak tamarind)
2 tbsp groundnuts roasted
50 gm split black gram
50 gm split bengal gram
2 red chilies

Method:
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Cook the rice with salt. Cool slightly.
Soak tamarind in water and extract its juice.
Roast black gram, Bengal gram and red chilies separately and coarsely grind them together.
Heat oil, add asafetida, mustard, peppercorns, ground nuts, ginger and curry leaves.
When mustard splutters, add the tamarind extract, powdered splices and salt, and cook till all water thickens.
Mix the tamarind mixture thoroughly with the rice, cover and serve hot.


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