South Indian Style Tamarind Rice Recipe

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Tamarind Rice is one of the best, delicious South Indian Rice dish preparation. This dish has a great combination of different flavors and taste. This is perfect lunch or dinner. This dish is very easy to prepare with just a few ingredients.

Ingredients

For The Masala

1 1/2 tspchana dal (split Bengal gram)
1 1/2 tspurad dal (split black lentils)
1 1/2 tspcoriander (dhania) seeds
3 to 4whole dry Kashmiri red chilies, broken into pieces
2 tspsesame seeds (til)

Other Ingredients

1 tbspcoconut oil or any other refined oil
1/2 cuppeanuts
1/2 tspchana dal (split Bengal gram)
1/2 tspurad dal (split black lentils)
8 to 10curry leaves (kadi patta)
Fewsafoetida (hing)
1/4 tspturmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 cuptamarind (imli) pulp
2 1/2 cupscooked rice (in deep pan add water and rice and once done, drain the water and keep it aside.)
saltto taste

Directions

For the masala

Heat a small pan, chana dal, urad dal, coriander seeds, red chili, sesame seeds and dry roast on a low flame for 5 minutes or roast until they turn golden brown in color and stir continuously and blend to a fine powder and keep it aside.

For the dough

Heat the oil in a kadhai, add the peanuts and fry on a slow flame for 4 to 5 minutes or till they turn light pink in color and stir continuously.
Add the chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves, asafoetida and turmeric powder, mix it well and fry on a medium flame for a minute, while stirring continuously.
Add the tamarind pulp, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes or until the mixture thickens.
Add the prepared masala, cooked rice, and salt and toss it gently and switch off the flame and serve it hot with a pickle.

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