Tamarind rice (Puliyogare) is a traditional south Indian rice preparation usually made for prasadam in temples and festivities. A tangy, spicy tamarind paste (gojju) is added to cooked rice to make this flavourful rice.
I love Tamarind rice! This is my Mother in law’s recipe. The Pulli Gojju (spicy tamarind pulp), that is made for the Tamarind Rice can be made in bulk and refrigerated, to use as and when required.
This is also my favourite way to use up leftover rice.When you have a stock of tamarind gojju handy, just add the pulp and sesame powder to the leftover rice and mix. Add a tadka (tempering) of mustard seeds, hing ,peanuts, chana dal, curry leaves just to refresh it.
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1/4 cup tamarind paste
- 1 tsp jaggery or to taste
- 2-3 tsp Rasam Powder
- 1-2 dried red chillies broken into pieces
- 1 tbsp peanuts
- 1/2 tbsp chana dal
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp hing asafoetida
- 3-4 tsp oil
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds roasted and powdered
- Salt to taste
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add the mustard seeds, hing ,peanuts, chana dal, curry leaves, red chillies. Fry for a minute.
- Add the tamarind paste, jaggery, Rasam powder and boil nicely.
- Boil till the raw tamarind smell goes away (10-12 minutes), the paste becomes thick and oil separates out.
- Add the tamarind pulp as required to the rice.
- Add the powdered sesame mix, so that the mixture coats the rice nicely.
- Serve hot or cold as it is or with Curd.
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Hi thats a very nice recipe i always prepare it fromMTR puliogaremix.
Great recipe for Puliyodarai, looks great.Thanks!:))
I love puliyodarai too.. this looks great.
my favorite!! Looks delicious!
i can’t make puliyogare to save my life. until i met j, i didn’t know such a thing existed. now i love it. i’m gonna try this.
Looks mouthwatering and using rasam powder is new to me and a good idea too…got to try some time…!!
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Pulihora, yum!:)
Can’t go wrong with Pulliyodharai. the recipe is bookmarked.
I love eating it with sweet ponggal & sundal.
Congrats to the winners.
Thats quite a spread….each and every dish is tempting and looks absolutely delicious.
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I’d love to eat off of this plate.
Tamarind rice looking good..I will try that ..
@ Thanks everyone. Let me know whenever you try it.
Hi,
Do you know about this? http://indianvegrecipe.blogspot.com/2007/10/paneer-pokada-pokara.html
@ Hey thanks a lot for letting me know. This is terrible.Thanks again.
Fantastic mouth watering pure south indian. Just Love It.
I love pulihora. Especially when my mom makes it. Your version looks little different but pretty tempting. I may want to try it.
I love this and it will be a perfectrecipe for the event I am hosting – I would love for you to send this recipe for my event – ONE DISH MEALS. Check my site or the link below for more details.
http://www.archanaskitchen.com/2008/uncategorized/monthly-one-dish-event-meals/