Pulihora/Tamarind rice

Ingredients :

Cooked rice - 3 cups (300 gms)
Tamarind - size of a lemon.
Red chillies - 10
Green chillies - 3
Bengal Gram - 1 tbsp
Urud Dal - 1 tsp
Ground Nut - 2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1
Asafoetida - a pinch(optional)
Salt as per taste
Oil - 150 ml

For powder:

Sesame Seeds(avalu) - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
Red Chillies or Green Chillies - 2 nos

Method:

Soak tamarind in water for 30 mins. Extract thick pulp from it.

Cook rice and spread it over a big bowl. Add oil to make sure the grains are separate.

Dry roast the Sesame seeds(avalu) and Chillies and grind it to a powder once it is cool.

Take a kadai, heat oil and add Bengal gram, Urud dal, Ground nuts, mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add curry leaves, asafoetida.

Add the tamarind pulp to the above, salt, add required amount of water to boil. Once its boiled well add the powder and cook well for 10 mins on sim.

Once the mix starts coming out from the sides, remove and mix to the rice well. This tastes great when it rests for some hours.