Bachelor Cooking # 20 - Tamarind Rice

Tamarind Rice Recipe

 

Ingredients needed
Rice - 1 1/2 cups
Tamarind - size of a lime

Sesame seed Oil - 50 ml

Spice powder 

Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
Red chillies - 5
White sesame seeds - 1 tsp

Dry roast fenugreek seeds, coriander seed and red chilies till it changes color.Dry roast sesame seeds separately and powder everything together .Keep aside.

For the seasoning
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 4 tsp
Channa dal /Bengal gram - 4 tsp
Red chillies - 4
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Roasted peanuts- 100 grams
Curry leaves - little

Method

• Cook rice and allow it to cool.
• Soak tamarind in hot water (around 2 cups) and extract 2 cups of thick juice from it .Throw the pulp.
• Heat oil and add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning. Add tamarind extract, salt and let it boil till it becomes thick.
• Now the tamarind paste is ready.

For mixing the rice

• Cook rice in such a way that each grains are separate. Spread it in a plate. Let it cool.
• Then add needed spice powder, tamarind paste and mix the rice gently. Adjust spice powder and tamarind paste according to your taste.
• You can add less or more spice powder according to how hot you want the rice to be.
• Similarly, you can add less or more tamarind paste according to how sour you want the rice to be. Adjust as per your preferences.

Note -You can store the paste in the refrigerator and use it when required. 

Cheers!