Puli Satham/ Tamarind rice....(instant)

 Iam not a big fan of puli satham(tamarind rice)... Actually I started to like it on few years back.. For every pongal holidays, we used to go to my grand ma's home.... All our chitapa s, aunts, cousins will meet up there.. All our aunties will cook variety of dishes & we all have lunch together.. It is really nice to such kind of get together... Next day, white rice is left over but curries are got over.... Suddenly my aunt did instant puli satham which is really nice than puliyotharai... It tooks only 10-15 mins to cook, but the taste is really awesome.. From that day, I have become great fan of puli satham... You can do with fresh rice also....

It is perfect recipe for travel & it is also known as TRAVEL PULI SATHAM... :) You can preserve this pulikaichal for 4-6 days & mix up with the rice when you needed...

Preparation time- 5mins           Cooking time- 15mins

INGREDIENTS:

Left over rice/ fresh rice- 2 cups
Tamarind- lemon sized
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Salt- as needed

TO TEMPER:

Sesame oil- 4tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Curry leaves- 1 spring
Channa dal- 1tsp
Urad dal- 1tsp
Roasted peanuts- 2tsp
Dry red chili- 2
Green chili- 4
Asafoetida- pinch

METHOD:

• First soak tamarind in warm water for about 20mins...
• Heat oil in a pan, Add mustard seeds, channa &urad dal... when it turns slightly golden color, add curry leaves, red chilli, green chilli & turmeric powder into it...
  
• Add the tamarind extract, roasted peanuts, salt & pinch of asafetida into it... Finally add 2 tsp of gingely oil...
  
• Bring to boil until it becomes thick consistency.. now add the cooked rice & mix well... Add some gingely oil & gently mix up the rice....
  
• Tangy puli sadham is ready to serve with chips/ vadagam....