Thursday, March 24, 2011

Tamarind Rice (with leftover rice)

Tamarind rice (Puli Sadham)is a popular recipe in south India. Whenever I have plenty of leftover rice, I prepare this. I can say It's the perfect way to use leftover rice and it is easy to prepare also. Just marinate the rice with tamarind pulp, sambar powder, turmeric powder, and a little salt, cover, and keep it overnight. And the next day morning you just need to do tadka and add the rice. Along with this I prepare some coconut chutney and serve this as breakfast.
Tamarind rice

Ingredients
  • Cooked Rice - 2 cups
  • Oil- 3 tbsp
  • Bengal Gram - 1/2 tbsp
  • Black Gram - 1/2 tbsp
  • Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
  • Curry Leaves - few
  • Dry Red Chillies - 8 nos
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Roasted Peanuts - 2 tbsp
  • Shallots - 10nos, peeled and chopped (or u can use 1 big red onion) - optional
  • Tamarind - lemon sized
Tamarind Rice

Method
  • Soak tamarind in water and leave for few minutes and take out the extract.
  • In a large bowl place the leftover rice, add the tamarind pulp, sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt, and mix well.
  • Heat oil in kadai, add bengal gram, urad dal, and fry for 30 seconds, then add mustard seeds to it and let them splutter.
  • Add dry red chilies and curry leaves and fry till the red chilies turn lightly brown.
  • Now add chopped onions to it and fry till it turns pink.
  • Add the peanuts, salt and mix well.
  • Finally, add the rice and mix well.
Note:
  • Take a thick extract from tamarind, don't add too much water, otherwise, the rice becomes soggy.
  • Do not add too much sambar powder b'cos its flavor will dominate.

21 comments :

Valar Siva said...

Wow it looks tangy!!!

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Treat and Trick said...

Yummy and beautifully presented!

Unknown said...

Tangy n yummy looking rice

Chitra said...

wow , thanks for the nice recipe..it looks yummy..will try soon :)

Indian Khana said...

looks delish n so perfect ..nice pic

Unknown said...

love your presentation..looks fantastic..

Prema said...

my fav variety rice,luks delicious...

Too gud presentation,love the mud pots:)

Suji said...

Awesoem presentation and a yummy rice prep too...

Ila said...

looks awesome and tempting :)

divya said...

Looks delicious...mouthwatering...thanks for sharing.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்த புளிசாதம்...இதனுடைய ருசி...அருமை...

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Shama Nagarajan said...

nice idea..yummy

Sushma Mallya said...

Awesome clicks valar...love the colour..yummy!

Nandinis food said...

It's very different. Adding shallots is a great idea! Good dish...

swapna said...

Yummy looking rice....

Only Fish Recipes said...

first time here...wow..what a nice blog !tamarind rice looks really flavorful n colorful ! will be a regular visitor here :-)

aipi said...

Love this very much- your pics are stunning!

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Deepthi Shankar said...

nice dish

Deepthi Shankar said...

nice dish

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

tangy n delicious version..inviting clicks again...:P
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Sarah Naveen said...

wow!!! that looks amazing gal!!!! wanna have some now