Pulikachal Recipe

How to make pulikachal or puliyodharai mix...here we go.

Ingredients:

Tamarind - 1 big lemon size (preferably the old tamarind)
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - To Taste

Grated Jaggery - 1 teaspoon

For Grinding:
Coriander seeds - 2 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds/Vendhayam - 1/2 teaspoon

Red chillies - 15

Sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon

black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon

For Seasoning:
Gingelly oil - 4 tablespoon
Channa dhal - 1 teaspoon
Peanut - 1 teaspoon

Kothukadalai - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Hing - 1 teaspoon 

Curry leaves -few

Method or procedure to make pulikachal

1.Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice and keep it aside

           

2.Heat the pan and dry fry the fenugreek seeds,sesame seeds and curry leaves and keep it aside  

  

3.Pour one teaspoon of an oil in a pan and fry the red chillies and dry turmeric (kattai manjal). Make sure that the red chillies are not getting burnt. Grind it to powder(dry) along with the above fried ingredients.

4.Now in the pan pour the gingelly oil and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard starts to sputter add the Channa dhal, kothukadalai and peanut and fry until they change their color to golden brown colour. Now add Hing & Curry leaves and fry once.

5.Now add the tamarind extract and add the salt. Let the mixture boils till the raw smell of the tamarind goes off.

6.Now add the ground powder to the mixture and cook it in a low flame till its consistency becomes thick.Finally add the grated jaggery and then switch off the flame.

7.The yummy yummy Pulikachal is ready to serve.

Note : You can also dry fry one tablespoon of sesame seeds, powder it and add it to the pulikachal. This will give you a different aroma and taste.

Puliyodharai Rice / Pulihora Rice

-Boil the required amount of rice in the usual manner.

-Add a proportionate measure of Puli Kachal to the boiled rice and mix well.

-Use clean and dry spoon. You can use this Puli kachal for more than two weeks if properly cooked.

-This can be served with Appalam/Pappadam/Vadam. 

 

  

cookingly yours,

vinu 

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