Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:
Raw rice-1 cup
Tamarind - size of a big lemon
Asafoetida powder - a pinch
Red chillies - 6
Salt - as required
Oil - 3½ Tblsp
Fry and powder:
Red chillies - 8
Coriander- 1½ tspBlack gram dhal - 3/4 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1 tsp
Fenugreek-a pinch
For seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Black gram dhal - 1 tsp
Bengal gram dhal - 1 tsp
Method:
1.Cook rice and allow it to cool.
2.Soak tamarind in two to three cups of water and then extract juice from it.
3. Heat oil and add asafoetida and then whole red chillies. Fry until chillies become black in colour.
4.Pour tamarind extract with whole green chillies.
5.Keep stirring constantly till tamarind extract reduces in volume becomes a thick pulp.
6.Add required quantity of the gravy to the previously cooked rice with powdered ingredients. Fry the seasoning in oil and pour over. Add more salt if necessary.

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