Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Kovil puliyodharai ( Tamarind Rice Temple style)




Recipe Courtesy : Subbus Kitchen 

I always enjoy the tamarind rice which we get as prasadam from the temples.  Either it is being served in pala or vazhayila. I have been searching for the Kovil puliyodhara recipe on the net. Finally I found this subbus recipe and tried during Navratri  for preparing naivedyam and many other occasions.  Now I prepare this at home quite often since it is being liked by my dear ones too .Divine taste it is. So just thought of sharing it for my friends too who love puliyodharai. Here is the link for the recipe. 

Temple puloyodharai 

Indian Sona Masuri Rice  1Cup

Water 2 Cups

Salt to taste

Soak the rice for  half an hour .Cook  rice with the required quantity of water as mentioned above  in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles  (maximum 3) and allow it to cool. 

For Preparing the powder: 

Gingelly Oil 1 Tsp

Fenugreek Seeds 1/2 Tsp

Coriander seeds : 2Tbsp

Red Chilly 4 no.s

Urad Dal 2Tsp

Kadala parippu (Chana Dal )  1TBsp

Sesame Seeds (Til) 1 Tsp

Puli Kachal

Tamarind 1 Lemon sized

Water 1 Cup

Gingelly Oil 1Tbsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 Tsp

Mustard, Red chilly and curry leaves for seasoning

Chana dal 2 Tbsp

Groundnut 2 Tbsp

Hing A pinch 

Salt 

Preparation

Soak the tamarind in hot water for sometime and extract the pulp and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients for making the powder except sesame. which can be added after turning the dal brown. Remove from the fire and allow it to cool. Grind this  into a smooth powder in a mixer jar .

Heat Oil in a pan add mustard seeds . Add chana dal and peanuts .Fry it till golden brown. Add curry leaves broken red chilles too. Finally add thick tamarind extract, turmeric powder salt , hing. and powdered mixture too.  Keep the flame in low allow it to boil  and wait to get it thick paste like consistency . Add  a pinch of jaggery ( it is optional) stir well and remove from the stove. Take the cooked cool rice and add this  paste and gently mix it with the spatula without  mashing the rice. In this way we will get the tamarind rice which is not sticky and messy.



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