Tamarind Rice

Ingredients list for Tamarind Rice

• 3 tablespoons Tamrind Pulp
• 1 1/2 cups Rice soaked
• 3 tablespoons Oil
• 6 Whole dry red chillies broken
• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• 2 tablespoons Split Bengal gram (chana dal)
• 2 tablespoons Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal)
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida
• 10-12 Curry leaves
• 1/4 cup Peanuts roasted
• 1 inch piece Ginger finely chopped
• to taste Salt
• 3 tablespoons Sesame seeds (til) (optional)

Method

1. Drain and cook in five to six cups of boiling water. Once the rice is cooked, drain off excess water and spread on a plate. Sprinkle a quarter tablespoon of oil and mix lightly.
2. Heat two tablespoons of oil and add four dried red chillies, mustard seeds, chana dal and dhuli urad dal. Sauté for two to three minutes till dals become brown in colour.
3. Add turmeric powder, asafoetida, curry leaves, roasted peanuts and ginger. Stir-fry for half a minute. Add tamarind pulp and salt and cook for two to three minutes.
4. Dry roast sesame seeds with remaining two red chillies and grind coarsely. Add the sesame seed-red chilli mixture and tamarind mixture to the rice and mix well. Serve hot.

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