This is the rice I cooked following Southern Falvours. The rice was very flavourful and my daughter liked it. She took it in her lunch box to school. This recipe is very easy to prepare and perfect for lunch boxes.
Ingredients:
Rice-1 1/2cups (I used Karnataka Ponni)
Turmeric Powder-1/4tsp
Salt-to taste
For The Spice Paste:
Curry Leaves-1cup(tightly packed)
Oil-1tbs
Urad Dhal-2tbs
Hing/ Asafoetida-1/2tsp
Coriander Seeds-1tsp
Methi Seeds-1/4tsp
Pepper-1tsp
Dry Red Chillies-3-4
Tamarind-a small marble sized ball
Tempering:
Ghee-2tbs
Mustard Seeds-1tsp
Urad Dhal-1tsp
Cumin Seeds-1/2tsp
Dry Red Chilly-1(halved)
Procedure:
1. Cook rice and fluff it with a fork and allow it to cool.
2. Heat a pan and dry roast curry leaves till fragrant. Keep it aside to cool.
3. Add the oil and add all the ingredients for the spice paste except tamarind and saute till golden.
4. Transfer to a mixer jar.
5. Roast the tamarind on medium flame for 1 minute and add it to the other ingredients in the jar.
6. Pulse it until it turns into a coarse mixture.
7. Add the curry leaves and add little water and grind it to a fine paste.
8. Heat ghee and add the tempering ingredients. When they splutter add spice paste along with salt and turmeric powder.
9. Saute for a minute. Remove from flame.
10. Add the cooked rice and mix it gently.
11. Serve it with coconut chutney or papad.
YUm ! I was planning to make the same from that book
I made it as a dry powder which is mixed with rice and ghee/oil. This keeps for a month or more I guess – if it lasts! And I dried the curry leaves after washing and air drying it for half hour and then popped it into the microwave
Yummy! Love the flavours of curry leaves with rice.
Healthy n flavourful rice, thanks for sharing…
healthy rice…i often make it…perfect for lunchbox!
Flavourful and yummy rice
wow….healthy rice with nice aroma…..
If I’m not wrong, it’s also called Tamarind Rice/ Puliodhrae? Though I’ve very less info on that but I just love tamarind rice and this is just so close to that…perfect tangy flavors!! 🙂
Tamarind rice is different, Anjali. This rice is full of curry leaves flavour.
This is a awesome recipe…YUMMY
Aarthi
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lovely delicious and my favourite rice.
wonderful recipe !! looks delicious !!
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The rice looks easy and will stay good, makes it perfect for travel. Thanks for sharing.
Love Ash.
wonderful recipe yummy looking
delicious and healthy recipe.
Will make this one. Thanks.