PULI AVIL

PULI AVIL

Puli Avil- Poha (beaten rice) cooked with tamarind sauce is a delicious dish that can be made in minutes.

Ingredients

• break down the Poha in mixer till rava consistency : 1 cup
• mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
• broken white urad Dal 1 tsp
• Channa Dal 1 tsp
• Peanuts (few)
  
• Red chillies 2
• fenugeek powder - pinch
• hing - a pinch
  
• Sambhar powder 1/4 tsp
• Jaggery (or) sugar - a pinch (optional)
• Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
  
• Tamarind water 1/4 to 1/2 cup ( depending on the sourness of the tamarind)
  
• little oil
• salt to taste
• curry leaves few

Method

1. Heat a pan and add oil.
2. When the oil is heated add mustard seeds.
3. when they splutter add the chillies and curry leaves.
4. Add the urad Dal .Channa Dal and fry till golden.
5. add the tamarind water,salt and sambhar powder,hing,jagery,fenugeek powder,turmeric powder and boil.
6. Wash the broken Poha in warm water just once so that dirt washes away and add it to the boiling tamarind water.
7. Cover with a lid and let it soak.
8. Stir it in intervals of 1 minute and let it be soaked till u have for breakfast/snack/dinner or whatever!!!
   

User Comments & Tips

• Best results can be achieved when cooked on a medium flame.
• Potato chips or some Rice appalams go well with this dish

So people try it and let me know your comments.