Ava Pettina Pulihora / Mustard Flavored Tamarind Rice Recipe
Hari Chandana PIndian, South IndianMain
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Raw Rice
- 2 cups water
- Big lemon sized ball Tamarind
- 2 – 3 Green Chillies
- 4 Dried Red Chillies
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tbsp Chana Dal
- 1 tbsp Urad Dal
- 3 tbsp Peanuts
- 1/2 tsp Powdered Jaggery (optional)
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/8 tsp Hing
- 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
- 3 – 4 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
For Paste:
- 2 tsp Mustard Seeds
Method:
- Pressure cook the rinsed rice with 2 cups of water for 3 whistles.
- Soak the tamarind in water for 10 – 15 minutes and squeeze the extract out of it. Keep it aside.
- Spread the cooked rice on a wide plate and let it cool completely.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and peanuts. Fry them until golden brown color.
- Add the slit green chillies, red chillies, curry leaves and hing and fry for a few seconds.
- Add the tamarind extract, jaggery and turmeric powder to it and mix well.
- Cook the mixture until the oil gets separates. Turn off the flame.
- Add this cooked mixture and salt to the rice and combine everything.
- Soak the mustard seeds in little water for 10 minutes.
- Grind the soaked mustard seeds to a paste using mortal and pestle.
- Don’t make this mustard paste in advance.
- Add this paste to the prepared rice mixture and combine well.
- Serve and enjoy!
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love this rice dish and your clicks are so pretty.
hope you have a great 2014.
Happy New Year Hari…sankranthiki ava pettina pulihora kanna perfect recipe vundadu…..great pics as always
Naaaakuuu puli hora ante chala istam..clicks superb unai chandana
You have given the traditional recipe a twist. Well done. Nice Photography too.
I always admire your click. Simple yet elegant. Happy New Year Harichandana..