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Velakkaya Pulihora / South Indian Wood Apple Rice Recipe
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Serves: 2
Author: Hari Chandana P
Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe type: Main
Ingredients:
- 1 Wood Apple / Elephant Apple
- 2 cups Cooked Rice
- 1 tablespoon Peanuts
- 1 teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Chana Dal
- 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 3 - 4 Green Chillies
- 3 Dry Red Chillies
- 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
- ⅛ teaspoon Hing
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions:
- Break the wood apple and scoop out the pulp.
- In a pan, add the wood apple pulp and cover it with water. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Turn off the flame and cool.
- Grind it into a paste and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal and peanuts.
- When the seeds stop popping, add the slit green chillies, red chillies, curry leaves and hing and fry for a few seconds.
- Then add the turmeric and wood apple paste and fry for a couple of minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add the cooked rice and salt.
- Combine well and serve.
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Suja Manoj says
Super delicious rice,yummy
Swathi Iyer says
Delicious and healthy rice Hari. Love any pulihora version.
divya says
wooow....drooling here..Looks awesome n so tempting!!!
radha says
Tangy rice with wood apple. Great idea!
savitha ramesh says
very unique try for this rice.lovely.
Premalatha Aravindhan says
wow totally loved the version,yummy!
Prathima Rao says
A very innovative & tasty dish!!!
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hemalata says
Delicious looking pulihora, looks so inviting.