Puliogare

It is one of the traditional recipe from Iyengar’s kitchen(Tamil Nadu).It is filled with tamarind & gingelly flavours. It can be easily prepared & can be stored for longer time. Best recipe for picnics & lunch box. In Indian temples most oftenly it is served as prasadam. It is one of the instant recipe that can be prepared with in few minutes.

Ingredients for powder:

Dry red chili – 10 to12 numbers

Coriander seeds – 1.5 tablespoons

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Pepper – 1/2 teaspoon

Oil – 1 teaspoon

Sesame seeds(White/black) – 2 teaspoon

Copra powder – 1tablespoon(optional)

Bengal gram(Channa) – 1 tablespoons

Black gram(Urad Dal) – 1 tablespoon

Preparation of powder :

Heat a pan put a spoon of oil roast all the above ingredients preferably separately so you can store it for longer time orelse its ok except copra grind it to a fine powder lastly add copra grind it again.

Ingredients for Tamarind paste:

Tamarind -1 cup

Water -  1 cup

Soak tamarind overnight in water squeeze it well & strain it with a strainer now tamarind paste is ready. OR

Soak tamarind in warm/hot water for 10 minutes squeeze it well & strain it.You can store it in the refrigerator for a week.

Cook tamarind in the cooker after cooling squeeze it & strain it, you can store this for 15 days in refrigerator.

Ingredients for Rice:

Plain cooked rice – 3 cups(not over cooked & each rice should be separable easily)

Gingelly oil/ Any oil -  1 cup

Jaggery – 1 tablespoon

Groundnut – 1 tablespoon

Channa – 1 teaspoon

Urad dal – 1 teaspoon

Tamarind paste – 2 to 3 tablespoon

Asafoetida – ½ teaspoon

Curry leaves – 10 to 15

Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon

Salt to taste

Preparation method:

Heat a pan put gingelly oil when it is hot fry groundnut,channa, urad dal crisp take it out keep it asideput mustard seed, asafetida, broken dry chili 2(optional),curry leaves, turmeric powder, tamarind paste, jaggery stir it till the oil rises to the top add salt puliogare powder stir it for a while turn off the flame.Finally add fried groundnuts,channa,urad dal. Mix the rice little by little if required you can add gingelly oil for good mixing.

Note: While cooking rice add some salt to taste.

For garnish you can add grated copra & dry roasted sesame seeds.