Puliyogare/Tamarind rice

Preparation time-20mins
serves-2
Ingredients:
2 cups of rice
lemon sized tamarind paste
3-4 pinches salt
6-7 curry leaves
3 sps sesame seeds
3 sps peanuts
2 sps cashews
2sps dry coconut powder
5ml sunflower oil
1 sp urad dal
2 sps chana dal
1 sp mustard seeds
pinch of turmeric & pinch of hing
4 green chilles & 3 red chillies
Method:

1. Cook rice and allow it to cool spreading in a wide plate.
2. Prepare the spice mix heating oil in a pan.Splutter mustard seeds.
3. Add chana dal,urad dal,slit green chillies,crushed red chillies,curry leaves,sesame seeds,peanuts,cashews,hing and fry for 2-3mins till a touch of light brown.
4. Then switch off the heat and add tamarind paste to the pan mixing with a spoon of water.
5. Add salt,coconut and turmeric.Close the lid for 2mins.
6. Now add rice to the pan and mix it with the spices gently till it gets mixed even.
7. Serve it hot.Tastes good even after sometime.So,you can pack it for lunch box too.
   
8. This is often made as a festive dish.
9. I do it often.Mainly for a journey,as it can be preserved for a day.Tamarind paste in it helps keeping it fresh when sealed properly.