Chinthapandu Pulihora(Tamarind Rice)

Ingredients:

2cups Rice
1/2 cup thick tamarind extract

•  Cook rice with 4 cups water.
• Remove the cooked rice into a wide plate ,spread it around the plate with fork and cool it off.
• Boil the tamarind extract in a pan until no water left.

Tempering:
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp chana dal
1/2 tsp urad dal
1tsp ground nuts
2 green chillies(slit them)
4 dry red chillies
1 sprig curry leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt
3tsp oil.

Process:

• Heat oil in a pan add the dal's,ground nuts first and fry them until light brown.
• Now add mustard seeds.cumin seeds,curryleaves,green chillies and red chillies and saute them until they are fried well.
• Later add boiled tamarind extract and fry for a minute.
• When oil is coming out add turmeric powder,salt and fry for few seconds and turn off the flame.
• Add this to rice or add rice to the tempering  and mix well.
• Check for the salt.
• Tamarind rice is ready.When served after few hrs it tastes more yummy.

Tips:Its best combination is Gongura Pachadi.

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