Thursday, March 19, 2009
TAMARIND RICE - PULIYOGARE
My version,I learnt from my mom...I have always been with her in kitchen and watched her making this for gazillion times
. This is the perfect recipe that clicked to me...though I have tried many. I somehow don't like coriander seeds(smell) in the powder part
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For Puliyogare,we make pulikaichal in advance and can store for long time,say a week,even no need for refrigeration!!
Whenever we go for a day's picnic,or we travel,my mom makes puliyogare and packs in banana leaf.And the moment we open for our lunch,it tastes heavenly! 
A week back when we went to Phuket, even I made this pulikaichal and carried in a container and as we were staying in a villa,we were able to cook rice,so we made tamarind rice and carried for a trip within the Island!
I dint took step wise picture that time,so excuse me...
Everybody,including my friends liked very much ! So here's the recipe,of pulikaichal!
Ingredients:
| Tamarind | 1 big lemon sized |
| Turmeric | 1/4 tsp |
| Asafetida | 1/4 tsp |
| Jaggery/sugar | 1/2 tsp |
| Salt,water | As needed |
| Curry leaves | 1 sprig |
| Peanuts | 1 fist full |
To Temper:
| Mustard | 1 tblsp |
| Red chillies | 10-15 |
| Urad dal | 4 tblsp |
| Channa dal | 3 tblsp |
| Asafetida | 1/2 tsp |
| Curry leaves | 2 sprigs |
| Sesame oil & cooking oil | 5 tblsp |
To Roast and grind:
| Channa dal | 2 tblsp |
| Red chillies | 4 nos |
| Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam | 3/4 tsp |
| Urad dal | 1 tsp |
| Pepper(optional) | 1 tsp |
Method:
- Extract tamarind juice from the tamarind by soaking in warm water for half-an-hour or by your way of extraction. (My way is here: Usually if too much tamarind to extract means,its difficult for me ...so what I do is, I will pressure cook tamarind with little water,for a whistle and cool it down and after it cools down I add water,mash nicely with my hands and extract the juice using a strainer. All the pulp comes out with an ease leaving behind only the fibre part!!
)Keep aside. - Roast all the ingredients(individually) under the To roast and grind table with a teaspoon of oil,to golden brown and powder it and keep aside.
- Dry roast Peanuts till nice aroma comes(golden brown)and remove the skin after it cools down and keep aside.
- Heat a heavy bottomed vessel/Kadai with oil and add the ingredients under to temper table in order.
- Then add the tamarind juice,turmeric,salt,curry leaves and asafetida(curry leaves and asafetida-here we are adding raw).
- Add enough water,it has to boil for long time so let the consistency be thin like rasam.
- After you boil for som 15-20 minutes,the volume gets reduced by half and at this stage,add jaggery and the roast&ground powder.
- Now again boil for 2 more minutes and you may see the mixture getting thicker.
- Now boil more time to get a thick paste and switch of the gas(takes less time after adding the powder,so keep an eye)
- Lastly after removing from fire,add the roasted peanuts and mix well. Cool down and store in a clean container.
- You can keep this for 15-20 days in fridge and use when ever you want,even stays good when kept out for a week.
To make puliyogare:
- Cook rice(basmati or long grained variety)with 1:2 ,rice:water ratio.
- Cool down completely,with added 2-3 tsps of sesame oil.
- Add the pulikaichal how much ever needed and adjust according to your taste.Add salt if only needed.
| Notes:
Warning:This puliyogare will be hot and not sweet like the puliyogare mix we get readymade!! |
I am very glad to send this pulikaichal recipe to Lakshmi's event Meals On Wheels...
I am desperately waiting for the round-up as it would be really useful for many people...A hearty thanks to her for organizing this event!
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I have always tried to make puliyogare like the ones they give in temples but failed, urs look delicious and the taste that I expect..Will definitely try it out!
The taste was really tooo good,,,,the taste increased when we had ur puliyogre in middle of sea....in phuket....
mmmmmmmmmmmmm... i can almost smell the pulikaachal from here :)
reminds me of the picnics that we used to go and eat this pulikaachal rice :)
- Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)
i love that wooden bowl. did you get it in singapore??
Thank you all!For lovely words!
Sangeeta:LOL!
Nags:I bought in IKEA :)
what a coincidence,i just soaked tamarind in water and came in front of the system.My daughter loves this.always i keep pulikaichal in my fridge.i put more peanuts and black channa also.I make the same way u do.
Wow! Looks yumm,delicious& perfect.It is my favorite..Nice presentation :)
Puliyogare is everyones fav..it looks simply superb..You made me nostalgic about the picnic days we had with puliyogare :(
Iam a big fan of aunty's pulikachal:)i never tried on my own,just watched it:)have to try!!drooling pics!!nice entry for the event!!
Hi
Wow, Th's a great sounding trip and lovely sounding recipe....I used to make puliyogare with MTR powder all these days...u've given a very easy recipe thanks a ton.Nice pic.
TC
My mom's special dish,she used to ground few dals n spices to prepare here pulikachal, urs looks the same as my mom prepare, Lovely dish...
Looks Yum
wow.. really tempting.. my fav..
My puliogares are not that good, they never taste like the ones given as prasadams in temples...this time I am going to exactly follow your recipe and make that yummy puliogare :)
Slurp! Slurp! I love Puliyogarai, looks perfect Raks, thanks for the recipe. Got to make it from scratch sometime! :))
My gndother makes yummy pulikachal. I am not a fan of this, but my hubby loves this, Yours looks inviting. Pictures are awesome.
I simply love puliyodharai and seeing yours i feel like having some right away - perfect looking Raks.
Loved it Raji! I am all ready to buy a rice cooker for my trip next month. I am sure going to try this gojju for my trip.
Wow aromatic and flavourful. This is one my favourites. Looks yum. I think if you are intrested you can send this to CLICK event.
Love puliyogre any time..Yummm
raji, i love puliyogare and i can survive just on that :) I usually buy 777 paste or my mom or paati makes it for me. u have tempted me to make it now. pulikaachal pic is making me drool here:D
Pulli kachal is my fav when we travel or not :) Delicous looking rice!
I remember on our 3 day train trips to south my mom wud make this dish.
tastes so good while traveling on a train .
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Thats a lovely one anytime raji...
The puliogare looks delicious...I learned a similar recipe from one of my neighbors and its the best travel food...
Thanks for your comments.
never tried preparain this at home,..ur verson looks delicious,..
I love piliyogare, but have never mad ethem at home and your looks so yummy delicous.
one of my fav rice.. Back in india we used to make puliogare an pack for outing !!
Dey look perfect !! Nice one !!
wow... puliyogare is my fav. Love this recipe! I remember, my mom does the same like you said when we go for a trip.
oh yum...!!..My hubby loves this.always love ur pics..:)
delicious rice..i love tamarind rice as i am a typical south indian. i have tried different recipes. next time, i am gonna try your version. bookmarked.
I saw your mesage on orkut, unfortunately i don't know any1 of biotech background living in san jose... sorry yar.
am planning to make pulikacal today..will be useful when i have guest next week...lovely pictures..looks yummy..
I also made puliyogare recently and it has become my favorite. Your version looks great
Who can resist such a tempting bowl of tamarind rice? Wish I was on the trip with you to eat that yummy rice! Btw, you forgot to add rice in the ingredients list!
one of the best puliyogare i have ever tasted was cooked by a poojari in local temple and i can still remember how good it tasted! beautiful pics Raks :)
If u give me some Pappad, I will finish off the whole bowl..Looks so Delicious!
looks delicious; reminds me of picnics in india!
Mahimaa,
I have never left you a comment in Orkut for anything,I think You have mistaken somebody else!!
Please double check if its me!
Looks perfect and superb..
Nice pic.looking delicious..
delicious it looks
hi, your photo looks so yummy, as I have posted how I do it in Iyengar style, this is different, definitely give it a try as everybody loves puliyodari at home me too!!...My photo looks so bland....not looks so yummy as urs is!!...
ooozzzzzz my favrt.. looks tempting raji. idho varen sapida.
so beautiful pic and recipe makes me drool very yummy
Amazing photo ra...love puliyodharai so much...this looks very appealing and nice.
Tamarind rice looks tempting...
Puliyotharai looks very HOT and cute:)
Such a delicious and tangy looking puliyogare.
Yummy puloigare. Had got this tamarind and peanut readymade paste from chennai and loved making the tamarind rice with it. However, once the paste got over the treat also came to an end. Thks for sharing the recipe.
looks so good. I can feel the taste of it.
Wow looks lovely. Its my all time favorite. Whenever i go home i ask her to prepare it. Nice presentation.
this looks wonderful!!! i normally just use the pre-made mix, but it's too salty and greasy for my taste.
my mom's pulikaichal is going to get over and i am so stingy that i want to save it for a future time :).. Here is another mom's recipe, a little different from my mom's.. Book Marked! Thanks Rak.
looks super yummy :)and ikea bowl is too good ;)i luv ikea ;)
and congrats on ur win raji...
I really like this rice... have never made it, though. I really want to now :)
urs looks yummy n delicious...wil try soon.thx for sharing
i tried this in bulk quantity and u know what, it's already over :) it was great.. very tasty. my friends who tasted also liked it very much.
Looks tangy n yumm! Bice bright pictures.
Mahimaa,
Thank you for trying out and letting me know ! Glad you all liked it!!
what a quantity for red chillies 3 tbsp in tempering list????????
Rani,Thanks for the mention I will update,its a mistake ... Actually the channa dal and redchillies in the left hand side were swapped ... It has to be red chillies 10-15,channa dal 3 tblsp
dear raji,
thanks for ur reply. raji can u pls do one favour for us in future. can u pls put the ingredients picture for the receipe so that it is easy for us. can u pls .. u pls check the chettinad solai aachi receipes in that u can see the ingredients picture for the receipe also.here is the address http://solaiachiskitchen.blogspot.com/ u pls go and check it raji. once again thank you so much for posting all good receipes.
rani
Sure I will do that from my next post :) Thanks for the nice words!!
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