Cookbook:Pulihora (South Indian Tamarind Rice)
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes
Pulihora or lemon rice is a South Indian rice dish. It can be served at the picnics and parties. The sauce can be stored for days together and used as a ready mix.
Ingredients edit
- Rice
- Vegetable oil
- Red chillies
- Bengal gram (chickpeas)
- Black gram (urad beans)
- Mustard seed
- Groundnuts
- Curry leaves
- Turmeric powder
- Tamarind or lemon juice
- Salt
- Jaggery
Procedure edit
- Cook the rice according to the instructions on the packet.
- Heat a thin layer of oil in a pan. Add the red chillies, bengal gram, black gram, mustard seeds, groundnuts, and curry leaves.
- Add turmeric powder, and cook for a few minutes.
- Add tamarind and/or lemon juice. Let boil until thickened.
- Add salt to your taste and a little bit of jaggery.
- Once the sauce is ready spread the cooked rice in a wide plate or steel basin. Add the cooked sauce, and mix well.
- Wait at least for an hour for the liquid to get absorbed by the rice, and adjust the salt level as necessary.