Tamarind Rice (Puli Sadam)

Ingredients:

Tamarind - 1
Rice - 11/2 cups
Dry chillies - 4
Gingely oil - 1 dsp
Ghee - 2 dsp
Black gram dal - 11/2 tsp
Bengal gram dal- 11/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Cashewnuts - 16
Asafoetida powder - a pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

• Soak the tamarind in one cup of water for 15 minutes and draw the pulp and strain. Cook the rice in boiled water and drain it. 
• Fry and powder, black gram dal and fenugreek and mix them with turmeric powder and asafoetida.
• Season mustard, pieces of dry chillies, bengal gram and cashew nuts in gingely oil, add tamarind water, the powdered turmeric and asafoetida and boil till thick. 
• Add enough salt and mix in the rice and the ghee.