Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Tamarind Rice

INGREDIENTS:
  1. Tamarind -200 gms
  2. Green Chillies - 15
  3. Red Chillies - 4
  4. Jaggery - 1/4 th cup (Grated)
  5. Salt to taste
  6. Channa dal - 2 tbsp
  7. Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
  8. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp
  9. Turmeric powder - 1/4th tbsp
  10. Peanuts - 2 tbsp
  11. Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp
  12. Hing - pinch
  13. Oil - 6 tbsp
  14. Rice - 2 cups
PROCEDURE:

Tamarind Paste:

Take the green chillies,wash them and wipe out water using cloth and make a slit on them from top to bottom in the middle by using knife and keep them aside. 
Take tamarind and soak it with enough water in a pan and boil it till water gets bubbles.Allow it to cool.Then take a mixer jar and add the boiled tamarind and make it into juice.
Now take a deep pan, add oil and heat it.When it is hot enough add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,turmeric powder,channa dal and hing and fry them till mustard seeds starts spluttering.
Then to it add red chillies and slit green chillies and fry them until red chillies turn dark brown in colour.
Now add the tamarind juice, jaggery and salt (3 tbsp)to it,mix them all and close the pan partially with lid by placing spoon in the pan.
Cook it for atleast 30 min by stirring occasionally until the tamarind juice becomes thick paste.

Tamarind Rice:

Wash the rice and cook it by adding 3-4 drops of oil in the water.Keep it aside and allow it to cool.
Take a small frying pan add oil and heat it,then add peanuts and cashew nuts and fry them until they turn golden brown and keep it aside.
Now take the cooked rice, mix it well and add enough tamarind paste, salt, fried cashew nuts and peanuts and mix them well.(Check for salt, if it is not enough add some salt).

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