One of my favourites is this puliyodharai...especially the ones v get in a perumal kovil...yummmmy it is...
I tried this recipe ...it turned out to b yummmy too.
Ingredients
For the dry powder:
Red chillies-6
One tablespoon each of
White sesame
Methi (vendhayam)
Coriander seeds(Dhaniya)
11/2 tablespoon each of
Channa dhal
Urid dhal
Dry roast all the above ingredients and grind it to a coarse powder n store it in a air tight container..
Now for the wet paste :
Ingredients:
Gingelly oil-4 tsp
Tamarind- two lemon size
Red chillies -6split into pieces
Curry leaves
Asafoetida-1 tsp
Urid dhal -1 tsp
Channa dhal-2 tsp
Ground nut-2tablespoons(dry roast it n remove the skin)
Soak the tamarind in water for sometime n extract a thick juice of it.
Heat the gingelly oil in a pan...add asafoetida,curry leaves,red chillies...
Now add urid dhal n channa dhal
Now add the ground nuts...
Add turmeric powder and salt...
Now add the tamarind puree...
Bring it to boil n simmer it for sometime ...until the oil gets seperated..
Now pulikaichal is ready.
Cook rice and add the pulikaichal and the dry powder to it .
Adjust salt according to ur taste ...
Yummmy puliyodharai is ready!!!!
The paste n the dry powder can b made n stored ...
So..anytime when ever you need ...u can cook rice n mix it to get the puliyodharai. This can b made for travel .
This stays good even for 24 hours.
