Tamarind rice

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 150g
Tamarind - one big lemon size
Oil - 1/4tblr
Mustard seed - 1/4sp
Urad dal - 1/4sp
Chana dal - 1sp
Red chili - 1
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - to taste
Hing(asafetida) - 1/4sp
Sugar - 2sp
Curry leaves - few
Groundnut - 1sp


TO DRY ROAST:


Bengal gram(chana dal) - 1sp
Toor dal - 1sp
Red chilli - 2
Fenugreek(vendhayam) - 1/2sp
Sesame seed(ellu) - 1sp
Urad dal - 1/4sp
Cumin seed - 1/4sp
Coriander seed - 1/4sp
Whole pepper - 1/4sp


METHOD:

• Boil rice with water to the ratio of 1:13/4 and add 1/2sp oil with 1/2sp salt.
• Once boiled spread it in a wide plate.
• Dry roast the above given ingredients one by one and allow it to cool.
• Then powder it in a blender and keep separately.
• Take thick tamarind syrup and keep it aside.
• In a kadai add oil, mustard seed, groundnut, urad dal, chana dal, red chili, curry leaves.
• Fry til it gets light brown.
• Now add the tamarind syrup and allow it to boil.
• Then add turmeric powder, salt, sugar, hing and let boil for 15mins.
• Boil till oil gets separated from the tamarind.
• Now add the dry roasted powder and tamarind syrup gravy to rice.
• Mix it well so that all the ingredients get combined equally.
• Serve hot with paruppu chutney.