How to Cook Tamarind Rice

Ingredients for Tamarind Rice :

• 2 Cups Rice (cooked ‘bite-like’)
• 1/2 Cup Tamarind (made into pulp)
• 3 Whole red chillies
• 1/4 Cup Curry leaves
• A pinch of Asafoetida
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 Tbsp Channa daal
• 1 tsp Urad daal (dhuli)
• 1/4 tsp Methi seeds
• 1/2 tsp Red chillli powder
• 1 Tbsp Peanuts
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp Gur
• Oil

How to Cook Tamarind Rice :

1. Heat oil and roast peanuts along with both the dals.
2. Saute till the dals splutter and slightly coloured.
3. Now add curry leaves and whole red chillies.
4. Mix them well.
5. Add salt, hing, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Saute them well.
6. Add gur to the cooked mix and saute well. Now add the tamarind pulp to the mix and saute till it becomes a semi thick gravy.
7. Add cooked rice to the mix.
8. Saute it well so the rice is completely mixed with the cooked gravy.