Tamarind Pulihora and Some awards by Sireesha......

Tamarind(Chintapandu)pulihora...generally called as Pulihora.A very well-known authentic southindian recipe.By default for every other function and festivals people esp in my house pulihora is very common...starting from Barasla~Naming cermony to wt not for sankranthi,ugadi,diwali and the list goes on... :D.

My grannie and my aunt is very good at making pulihora..for a better and unique taste they add Mustard seed paste..in telugu we'll call "Aava" to pulihora...gosh the taste is as unqiue as any other hand made pulihora's.

Though we have pulihora in our house very common,I love eating "Pulihora prasadam" from temples..standing in the queue and getting handful of pulihora and eating..that feels like heaven.

I love eating pulihora made by my aunt(grannie is no more :(.... ) and the pulihora at temples,esp tirumala venkateswara swami's pulihora prasadam..such a delicious one, still a mystery wt all the'll add for pulihora.Whenever we were been to tirupati,Nanna used to give the pujari's 5 or 10 n used to get even more pulihora..n v enjoyed eating that.... :D

Even we can make Pulihora with left over rice also...

Here is my way of doing....

Ingredients:

Cooked rice

Tamarind Pulp - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1 Tbsp

Mustard seed Paste-1 1/2 Tbsp

salt per taste

For Seasoning:

Oil

Hing/Inguva

Chana Dal

Urad Dal

Mustard seeds

Peanuts

Green chillies

Red chillies

Curry Leaves

Directions:

First compelte the seasoning part..take a pan make oil to heat and add the seasoning stuff as per the order above.

Meanwhile for mustard paste grind the mustard seeds and keep that aside.

Now come the tamarind part..cook the tamarind pulp for 2-3 min sitll it thickens.

Now take a wide mouth plate 'coz u can mix well and in that add cooked rice add turmeric,salt,mustard seed paste,tamarind pulp and seasoning stuff.
Mix it well and add enough oil at the end if reqires....'coz the more oil u add,the more tast n tangy it'll be.

This will tastes more tangy as the hours pass on.

Enjoy with Curd.

My Awards by Sireesha:

My friend Sireesha passed me two awards...im flattered siri.Thanks alott dear.

"Nice Matters Award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world.”

I hope by this time many people got this award. I would like to further pass this awards to:

Medhaa

Sailaja

Jamie

Neha

Here comes my favorite one.I love if somebody calls me a chatter box.I remember first time my mom called me when i was in 3rd or 4th standard and from that time the person whoever meets me they concluded thatzz an apt one for me :D hehehe.

I never felt bad and instead i felt very happy if someone taggs me.......

Thanx a million siri for remembering me dear.........

I pass "Good chat Blog Award" to the following fellow bloggers....they are well deserved i hope...:D

Medhaa

Cham

Sailaja

Uma

Asha

Congratulations to all the awardee....

Bisi Bele Bath

Bisi Bele Bath...I first time tasted this in my neighbors house..vidya,they are from karnataka.Vidya's mom is a master in preparing this and I like this very much in the very first time itself.Aunty used to send this dish each n every time she prepared,n sometimes used to invite us to their home.we'll have a nice time over there....I thought of preparing this today and see how'ld be my hand made recipe,n it turned out really but not as the one made by aunty.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup veggies(potatoes,carrot,beans etc)
1 cup Rice
1 1/2 cup Turdal
Tamarind juice as per taste
Salt as per taste
Oil reqired
Bisi Bele Masala
Chana Dal
Urad Dal
Dhaniya
5 Red Chillies
4 Cloves/Lavanga
2 Cinnamon/Dalchini
1/4 cup grated coconut
For Seasoning
4 Red Chillies
Curry Leaves
Peanut
Ghee
Directions:
Pressure cook Rice and Dal(either seperately or mixing both),add at the same time cook veggies also.I cooked all the three at the same time putting in different dishes,this will save your time.
Meanwhile take a pan and fry all the masala ingredients and grind them into fine powder.

Take a heavy bottomed vessel,mix mashed dal,rice,veggies.Now add 3/4 cup of water,tamarind juice,salt per your taste.
Atlast take a frying pan and make tadka/popu.
Add popu to rice and mix well.
Serve hot with ghee and dahi

Tomato Dal/Pappu

Tomato Pappu..my all time favourite.If its served with white rice and ghee combination...wow really a mouthwatering dish.I donno how much i'll eat.....when it comes to tomato pappu.

Ingredients:

Tomatos

Toor Dal

Tamarind Pulp

3-4 Green Chillies

1/2 tbspTurmeric

Salt

Karivepaaku/Curry Leaves

For Seasoning:

Mustard Seeds

Pinch of Hing

3 Red Chillies

Oil

For Garnishing:

Cilantro/Kottimeera

Directions:

Cut Tomatos into small chunks,keep it aside.Cut green chillies and take tamarind in a bowl,pour water and make it as a paste.Microwave Toordal and tomatoes,then transfer cooked ingredients to a cooking bowl,add turmeric,green chillies,salt,tamarind pulp and curry leaves.Add curry leaves and even cilantro now itself..so that ull feel the real aroma...Cook that for 5-7 minutes.

Now comes the tadka part...thru which u can get the real taste.Heat oil in another pan..once oil gets heat..add hing,mustard seeds and at last add red chillies.
Transfer tadka to tomato pappu and atlast garnish with Cilnatro.

Enjoy with white rice and ghee.