Aava Pettina Pulihora | Tamarind Rice | Vinayaka Chavithi Recipes (2024)

Also check out other Pulihora Recipes in my blog:

1. Cranberry Rice | Cranberry Puliyohora

2. Chintapandu Pulihora - Andhra style

3. Dabbakaya(Indian Grape fruit/Herelikayi) Pulihora

4. Lemon Rice | Chitranna | Nimmakaya Pulihora

5. Maamidikaya Pulihora

6. Puliyogre - Karnataka style

7. Sabsige Soppu(Dill leaves) Chitranna

8. Usirikaya Pulihora | Gooseberry(Amla) Rice

For a complete list of Various options for Ganesh Chaturthi menu, check out here.

Serves 2

Prep time: 10 mins | Cooking time: 30 mins | Total time: 40 mins

1 cup Rice(Sona masuri or equivalent)

1 big lemon sized Tamarind

2 tsp grated Jaggery(optional)

3/4tsp Mustard seeds

Salt to taste

1tbsp. Sesame Oil

for tempering:

1 tsp Mustard seeds

3-4 tbsp. Groundnuts

1 tbsp. Chana dal

2 tsp Urad dal

2tsp Sesame seeds

3-4 wholeRed chillies

4-5light colored long Green chillies, slit

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

a sprig of Curry leaves

a pinch of strong Asafoetida

• Wash and soak rice for 10-15 mins and cook it in rice cooker or pressure cooker with 2 cups of water until it is done. Let the rice sit for some time and spread it on a wide plate by smearing a tbsp. of sesame oil which helps in keeping the grains separate.

• Soak tamarind in water for 15 mins and extract the pulp and keep it aside.

• Dry roast mustard seeds until they start popping and pound it into a fine powder using a pestle and mortar. You can even grind it in mixer but the pestle and mortar works efficiently here and adds a nice taste.

  

• Heat oil in adeep bottomed kadai/pan and crackle mustard seeds.

• Add ground nuts and fry them until they turn slight red in color and the skin begins to split.

• Add chana dal, urad dal,red chillies and slit green chillies and fry until the chillies wilt and the dals turn light golden brown in color.

• Add curry leaves, sesame seeds, asafoetida, turmeric powder and fry half a minute.

  

• Add extracted tamarind pulp and jaggery and let it cook until it thickens and the oil separates from the edges. It takes7-8 mins.

• Switch off the flame and let it cool completely.

  

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• Reserve some portion(2-3 tbsp) of the tamarind mixture we prepared now and add cooled and spread rice along with freshly ground fine mustard powder and saltand mix it nicely until everything is neatly incorporated. Now taste the rice and add more tamarind mixture or salt as needed and adjust the rice according to your taste buds. Prepare it slightly sour so that it tastes delicious once it is rested for some time. Rest it for an hour at least.

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