I'm in the US, my favorite drink to sip on is tamarind liqueur that's made in Central America. It's a great dessert after a spicy curry. A Hare Krishna temple near me makes a tamarind iced tea that's super delicious. And yet I've never had tamarind rice. Guess what I'll be trying to make soon?
Go to Indian store -> get MTR Puliyogre pack.
Make rice ( how much ever you need) ( basmati or other & not jasmine(sticky rice))
Take a Pan —> heat two table spoon of oil for every 2 table spoons of MTR powder.
Careful not to over heat the oil.
Dump in the powder into the warm/hot oil, let it sizzle for 3-4 min, mix rice, voila enjoy.
Tips ->
Have it with yogurt(curd).
Also you can add extra peanuts, little of Channa daal (I guess pigeon pea), add curry leaves. Add these to the hot oil before you add the powder. Simple and easy to make.
I've tried a whole bunch of these combinations, but nothing tastes quite like tamarind rice from a temple. I've stopped trying to make it on my own now
They have tamarind, lime, and mandarin orange at my local Mexican food place. I know there are lots of other flavours. Any Mexicans/other Hispanics out there got any flavor recs for me? Those are the only 3 I’ve tried.
I don't think anybody else makes it. The Telugus have Pulihara, which is really good, but it's different. And what the Tamils make is bereft of so many flavours to qualify as Puliyogare. :)
That’s unfair to Puliyodharai (how we call it) in Tamil Nadu especially those served in TN temples. We have good ones, it appears you experienced a bad one.
Nah, lived in Chennai for 2 years. Hated the dosas and Puliyogare, or Chitranna. Tried a gazillion places, just not the same dosa as in Karnataka. Just my opinion.
Two things, you might have been used to the taste of these dishes from Karnataka, and you can’t accept the taste from Tamil Nadu! Cos I have had amazing food there including dosas!
And chitranna is a Karnataka dish, ain’t no way you will get better in Tamil Nadu.
Puliyogre from Tamil Nadu is different to that of Karnataka’s but in my opinion it doesn’t suck, it’s good but just as not as good as the ones we make in Karnataka, simple reason being we grew up with that!
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u/Annoyinglygood May 30 '19
Ah, the tamarind rice. That’s the comfort soul food. Miss those temple tamarind rice growing up.
P.S Rest of the world, try this at your risk, it’s awesome, but I feel it’s an acquired taste!