Recipie - Pulikachal - Tamarind instant rice mix and ready paste - South Indian

 The following is basic for minimum of 4-5 members and it can be incremented multiple times or double or Tripple the ingredients for more quantity and refrigerated in huge quantities for years together and used as an instant mix

Ingredients

for masala

1/2 teaspoon channa dal\

1/4 teaspoon jeera

1/4 teaspoon Fenugreek (venthayam)

1/4 teaspoon daniya (corriander seeds)

1/4 teaspoon urad dal

4 red chillis

1/2 tea spoon pepper (full black pepper)

1/4 teaspoon ellu (black or white)

1 block asafotida (perungayam)

Curry leaves

for paste and saute

lemon sized tamarind 

6-7 table spoon of gingelly oil

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

1 tea spoon channa dal

2 red chillies

1 cup roasted groundnuts

salt to taste

one bock long turmeric

Method

1. Soak the lime sized tamarind in water.

2. IN a plain kadai or pan head it and when dry to sauté all of the above ingredients under masala and mixer grind it corse it should not be powdery.  

3. in a kadai or pan add gingelly oil let it heat and let mustard seeds splutter and add channa dal and red chillies and roasted ground nuts.

4. stove to be in simmer, remove the spluttered saute seasoning to a cup and set it aside, let rest of the oil remain in the pan, now add the tamarind pure and salt and take half of the masala powder and let it boil in simmer itself. 

5. once the entire quantity is half and the oil separates in pan, add the rest of the masala powder and the seasoning to it mix it.

6. take another pan dry and add a pinch of mustard seeds and a dash of varali manjan (long turmeric) in the heat, pound it and ad to the hot paste. Add the curry leaves.

tamarind ready mix home made ..