AAVA PULIHORA (TEMPLE PRASADAM)

Preparation time: 1 Hour

Ingredients:

1/4 kg Cooked Rice

1/2 glass tamarind pulp

1 tbsp turmeric

1 tbsp chana daal

1 tbsp urad daal

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 red chillies

2 green chillies

curry leaves

1/2 inch ginger

hing

jaggery (optional)

5 tbsp oil

salt to taste

For aava paste:

2 tbsp mustard seeds

30 gms ground nuts

1 tsp turmeric

3 red chillies

Preparation method:

To prepare aava paste:

1. Witout oil, fry the ground nuts till light brown, add red chillies and fry for 2 mins, and keep them aside, untill they are cooled

2. In a mixie jar, add mustard seeds, turmeric and grind to a fine powder

3. Now add fried ground nuts and red chillies to a fine powder

4. Add some water and grind to a fine paste, and keep the paste aside

To prepare pulihora paste:

1. In a pan, add 5 tbsp of oil, mustard seeds, channa daal, urad daal, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, red chillies and fry well.

2. Now add the tamarind pulp (add water if pulp is very thick), salt, turmeric, jaggery, fry them till the water evaporates and the daal becomes soft.

3. switch off the stove and let it cool

To prepare pulihora:

4. Take the cooked rice in a big plate, add this tamarind paste and mix well till the paste is evenly mixed with rice.

5. Now add the aava paste to the rice and mix well.