Tamarind Rice / Puli Sadham

Ingredients:
Rice - 2 cups
Tamarind - 1 lemon size
Small onion - 10 nos ( cut into medium size )
Red chillies - 5 nos
Garlic - 5 pieces
Curry leaves - few
Urad dhal - 2 tsp
Channa dhal - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Peanuts - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Asafoedida powder - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek / Methi seeds - 1 tbsp ( fry the methi seeds without oil till get nice aroma.Cool and powder it)
Seasame oil - 3 tbsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• Cook the rice with required water. Spread the cooked rice in a wide plate and let it cool.
• Heat the oil in a kadai.Add mustard, wait till it pops.
• Add urad dhal,Channa dhal, red chillies ,curry leaf, onion and peeled garlic and stir till the garlic starts turning golden.
• Extract juice from tamarind using 1 cup of water and pour the juice into the kadai.
• Now put the turmeric powder ,asafoedia powder, salt and boil till the oil starts showing.
• Then add the freshly grind fenugreek powder. Turn off heat.
• Puli kaachal is ready.
• Add the gravy to the rice and mix well. You can keep the rest of the gravy in the refrigerator. Serve rice with papad and curd.