Puliyodhara / pulikaichal

Puilyodharai is my all time favorite dish. Good dish while on travelling.
Here I am going to present you the superb preparation of puliyodhara paste. For rich tastes add cashews.

If the preparation is proper with the correct ingredients sure it will be good for next 1 week. I have some remembrance about puliyodharai; I enjoyed eating puliyodhara in perummal temple.

Most of the people think that the preparation of puliyodhara is too tough; once you learn then you can easily do this dish. The best side dish for puliyodhara is applam with vadam.

Here is my recipe preparation

Ingredients:

Tamarind - Lemon Size
Turmeric - 2tbsp
Salt - As you want
Cooked raw rice

Grinded Items:

Fenugreek Seeds -1tbsp
Coriander Seeds -1tbsp
Curry Leaves -10
Red Chilli - 7
Urad Dal -1tbsp

For Seasoning:

Mustard Seeds - 1tbsp
Peanut - Few
Hing -1tbsp
Bengal Gram - 2tbsp
Gingelly Oil - 6tbsp




Method of Preparation:

- Soak tamarind for 30minutes, extract the juice and keep it in a bowl.

- Keep pan in the gas stove, add oil, urad dal, fenugreek seeds, bengal gram, curry leaves and red chilli. Fry well until it becomes golden brownish colour.

- Let it be cool. After it becomes cool grind these item in a mixer and keep it aside.

- In the mean time you can prepare the peanut. Fry peanut for 5minutes, and remove the skin for the peanut and the peanut should be in half pieced shape. Take it in a bowl.

- Now keep pan in the gas stove pour the gingelly oil and put the mustard seeds, hing, urad, bengal gram, curry leaves and peanut.

- Fry these items until it becomes golden brownish colour.

- Now pour the tamarind water and salt, boil until the raw smell of tamarind vanishes.

- Put the grinded items and allow this to boil until it comes like thick paste.



- Puliyodharai is ready to mix in the cooked rice.



- You can add the paste as a side dish for curd rice too. It will give more taste.

- Before mixing puliyodhara paste, if you want, add gingelly oil in the plain rice. Then mix the paste you can feel the real taste of puilyodhara rice.