Recipe: Yummy Pulihora Andhra Style

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Pulihora Andhra Style. Pulihora is an authentic Andhra delicacy. The word 'puli' is derives from 'pulupu' which means sourness and 'hora' which is derived from 'origamu' which indeed means food or meals in telugu language. The sourness in the recipe come from tamarind or lemon or mango.

Pulihora recipe with step by step photos.

Pulihora is a popular rice dish from andhra cuisine made with tamarind, rice, tempering spices & curry leaves.

It is also known as chintapandu pulihora.

You can cook Pulihora Andhra Style using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pulihora Andhra Style

1. It’s of Rice.

2. Prepare of Green chillies :.

3. It’s of Ginger :1.

4. Prepare of Curry leaves : 1 bowl.

5. Prepare of Tamarind :.

6. Prepare of Oil : 1/4 bowl.

7. It’s of Salt as per the taste.

8. It’s of Turmeric powder :.

9. You need of Ground nuts :.

10. Prepare of Chana dal (Split Bengal Gram) :.

11. You need of Urad Dal (Split Black gram) :.

12. It’s of Mustard seeds :.

13. You need of Kashmiri Chillies :.

It is one of the most basic dishes prepared during andhra festivals.

Each south Indian state has a different version of this dish & most commonly these are known as Tamarind rice.

Pulihora Recipe Andhra Style is a little different to the Tamil style Puliyodharai, where the spices are roasted and ground before adding to the tamarind pulp.

You can check out the recipe for Puliyodharai here.

Pulihora Andhra Style instructions

1. Cook 1/2 kg rice in cooker..

2. Cut green chillies and ginger finely..

3. Take cooked rice in a vessel, add litle curry leaves, 1tsp salt, add 1 tsp oil to turmeric powder and mix all these into cooked rice..

4. Heat 1/4th bowl oil in a pan, add ground nuts and red chillies let them fry, separate them from oil, add to rice..

5. Add 2 tsp channa dal to oil, let it fry till golden colour, now add 1 tsp Urad dal, 1&1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds, Green chillies, 1 tsp ginger pieces, 2 stems curry leaves..

6. Add 6-8 tsp Tamarind paste (1 pinch sugar or Jaggery added if necesarry), 2 tsp salt and keep it for 1 minute..

7. Mix the ingredients to rice thoroughly..

8. This Tamarind Pulihora is ready to be served. You can have it as breakfast or as a special item on festivals..

9. NOTES: The paste of the Pulihora can be stored for 1 month if it is placed in Freezer..

In this Andhra Style Pulihora Recipe, the t amarind pulp is cooked and thickened with spices, green chillies and curry leaves.

Cooked rice is then seasoned with this tamarind paste and.

Andhra style pulihora (Tamarind rice) Pulihora is mainly made of rice.

The other ingredients added to it are: green chilies, , asafetida, curry leaves, , ginger and turmeric.

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