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.

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

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.