I have always relished South Indian food. Whenever my Mom cooked Idli-Sambar, Dosa,Uttapam, Rasam -whatever,I would have it for breakfast-lunch-dinner.Now that I am married to a South Indian I have learnt to cook some of them myself.
Puli Upma- Poha (beaten rice) cooked with tamarind sauce (my Mother-in-laws recipe makes for quick but delicious breakfast.
Ingredients
For the tadka (tempering):
- xbd tsp mustard seeds
- xbd tsp jeera seeds
- 1 tsp chana dal water (split gram) soaked in
- curry leaves few
- xbc tsp turmeric powder
Servings:
Instructions
- Wash the poha in a sieve and drain excess water. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai (wok). Add mustard seeds and once they crackle add cumin seeds.
- Add curry leaves and chana dal.Fry for a minute and then add chopped onion. Fry nicely till the onion becomes translucent.
- Add turmeric powder.
- Add the tamrind pulp, jaggery and Rasam powder.Fry nicely till the mixture starts leaving oil.
- Add salt.
- Add the poha and mix nicely.
- Cover and cook on low flame for a few minutes.
- Serve hot.
Hi Madhuli,
Nice poha ,great blog going on keep the yummy dishes coming out of ur kitchen looking forward to see some more:)
@Thanks Tanuja.
First time to your blog. Great recipes. We call this ‘Puli Aval”. Yours looks delicious.
@Thanks Krithika for dropping by.
Hi Madhuli:
First off, I love your name :). And second, never heard of the puli poha. I will definitely try this recipe :).
i love marble!