Iyengar Puliyodarai

by TRS Iyengar

Ingredients: (This serves for 8 persons approx.)
Tamarind 100 gms
Red chills  20 gms
Bengal gram (Chana Del/Kadalai paruppu) 25 gms
Black Gram (uLutham paruppu) 15 grms
Mustard seeds (kadugu) 1 tea spoon
Asafeodita ) Hing, 5 gms 

Salt to your taste
Turmeric Powder (Haldi powder/manjal podi) 1tea spoon
Gingly oil (Til oil - Nallennai)  200gms
Coriander seeds (Dhania) 1 tb spoon
Jeerakam 1/2 tea spoon
Fenugreek seeds (Vendayam) 1/2 tea spoon

Ground nuts & or Cashew - 50 grams (if both used, then 25 grams each)
curry leaves - 2 bunch

Preparation Method:

Soak Tamarind in small quantity of water for an hour or so. Make out the tamarind into thick pulp level. Keep aside. Fry the Fenugreek seeds separately into golden color, without oil and make it as nice powder; keep this too to add in the last.

Now, fry the Chilies, Grams,  groundnuts, in pure gingili oil to golden color, then add the turmeric powder &  mustard seeds at last. Once you got these into golden color, now add the tamarind pulp and stir well in minimum heating. Now add the curry leaves, Asafeodita (Hing - perungayam) and salt. once you get it like a paste or creamy shape, (the more it is solid, the less you can use it for mix in rice),  take it out of stove and let it cool. Add the Fenugreek powder at the last and mix it well. By now, you got the the aroma of Iyengar Puliyodarai, a mouth watering smell floats around the kitchen/home!

Now, you got the best of best Iyengar Puliyodarai (Pulihora) or Puliyodharai that is prepared and served in most of the Srivaishnavites' Temple and functions.

Note: This should be prepared only in gingili oil.  First, pour 1 tablespoon full of gingili oil in the cooked rice; then mix the above preparation of Puliyadari Mix and spread it evenly; Now, Fried and powdered Fenugreek may be added after mixing the preparation in rice to get added aroma. Shelf life for 15 days. (You can even add the powder of fried ground nuts over the rice to get more tastier smell!)

Warning: This cooked Item contain highest cholesterol proposition, hence persons with high cholesterol level to avoid eating this too much.