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About Puliyogare (Tamarind Rice)
Puliyogare is prepared with tamarind as a main ingredient, along with spices, lentils, peanuts, and curry leaves mixed with cooked rice. Puli means “tangy’ or ‘sour’ in English. Pulihora is also known as pulisoru, pulinchoru, puliyodharai, ambad baath, puli sadam, kokum rice in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Telangana, and each region has its own variation. Puliyogare gojju (paste) or Pulihora podi (powder) is premade and stored for months. You have to mix it with rice to make it instantly. Puliyogare or Pulihora is offered to god as naivedyam and as prasadam to devotees in South Indian temples. This is offered to goddess Lakshmi during special puja or nine days of Navratri. Puliyogare is also one of the best lunchbox recipes, and since this dish has a longer shelf life, it’s also a good food to carry during your travels, potlucks, and picnics.
How to make puliyogare?
The ingredients may look repetitive, and the steps may look lengthy, but this is very simple. Here are the key steps to make temple-style puliyogare at home. To make it for a quick breakfast or instant lunchbox recipe, you can make the powder and gojju in advance and store them in the refrigerator. The rice can also be precooked the previous day or use leftover rice.
Ingredients
Rice: Use short-grain or medium short-grain rice like sona masuri, or kolam to make puliyogare. Tamarind: Use the tamarind ball or paste. Jaggery: Only if you want to balance the sourness with sweetness. Else, skip it. For the puliyogare powder, Coconut oil, urad dal, chana dal, coriander seeds, methi, peppercorns, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, dry red chilies, cashews, coconut, and hing are used. For the tempering: Oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, chana dal, chilies, peanuts, curry leaves, and cashews with a pinch of hing are used. See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Step-by-step instructions
Tamarind paste
How to make Puliyogare powder?
Cook rice or use leftover rice.
Cook the rice using any method that you are comfortable with. Once the rice has cooked, using a fork, spread it to separate the grains. Keep this aside.
Make the puliyogare tempering.
Making of gojju
Making of puliyogare (pulihora)
Tips
To get the best result, you will have to be generous when adding all the spices. The ingredient list and steps may look lengthy and repetitive, but they are all basic ingredients that will enhance the dish’s taste. Puliyogare is made with short-grain rice. For the grainy texture, the rice must be cooked and cooled completely. Thus, many use leftover rice to make this recipe. If you want to make puliyogare with store-bought powder, then I recommend MTR puliyogare mix. I use coconut or neutral oil while making puliyogare, but if you are looking for traditional Iyengar-style puliyogare, use sesame oil.
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