INSTANT PULIYODHARAI MIX POWDER

It has become a fast moving world. so every grocery shop is stocked up with either instant or frozen foods .Everyone would like to have things done in short time...so is the case with cooking.We expect food to be tasty and easy.That's the history about origin of Instant and frozen food.

Anyways... lets come our instant rice mixes.When my brother first left to London for his studies my mother made couple of instant rice mixes like Karuvepillai(curry leaf) podi,paruppu(dhal)podi,poondu(garlic) podi and tamarind rice mix too.After she died i have never tried it.But i did remember it vaguely and so i tried it.It came out well. But i guess i sort of didn't add right amount of dhal or my tamarind was very sour...so had to fry dhal again and add it to the mix gave instant pulihodari rice for luch to my hubby and the feed back was good ,he asked if i got instant podi from shop :)so after a week i am posting this recipe. Hope you all like it.

Here is the recipe .Plz make changes according to your taste .All the measurements are approximate as tamarind taste differs from brand to brand.

INGREDIENTS:(approximate measurements)

Tamarind: 1 big lemon size

Dhaniya-1/2 cup

Red chilli-8(according to taste)
Black pepper-1/2 tsp(according to taste)

Sesame seed-1/4 tsp

Channa dhal-3/4 cup(i had to add about a handful again)

Fenugreek-1/4-tsp

Asefotida-1/4 tsp

Turmeric-1 tsp

Salt-to taste

SEASONING:

Mustard-1tsp

Channa dal-1/2 tsp

Urad dhal-1/2 tsp

Curry leaf

Peanut(optional)-1tsp

oil- very very little

METHOD:

1)Separate tamarind to small pieces and dry fry till crisp in low flame or keep in warm oven for couple of minutes(please be careful not to burn the pieces.)

2)Dry fry all ingredients separately.

3)Powder them when cool.

4)Add very little(may be less than 1/4 tsp)fry all the seasoning too .(this may take some time for mustard)

5)When cool mix powder and the seasoning and store in a bottle.

6)Mix couple of tsps of this powder(according to taste and rice amount)to cooked rice along with oil for your instant puliyodharai rice.