Puliodarai Puliodarai is a popular South Indian dish made from tamarind and rice.

Ingredients	How to?
• 5 Lemon sized tamarind balls • 2 Cups rice • 2 Cups peanut • 5 Red chillies • 2 Green chillies • 4 Inch piece of ginger • 1 tsp Asafoetida • 1 tsp Turmeric • 1 tsp Mustard • 1 tsp Chana daal • 2 tsp Sambar powder • 1/2 Cup curry leaves • 1/2 Cup gingelly/sesame oil • 4 tsp Salt	• Soak tamarind in warm water for about 10 minutes. • Pass through a strainer to obtain the pulp. • Boil the rice. • Spread this rice in a large utensil and let it cool. • Take a pan and heat oil in it. • Add mustard, daal, sambar powder, chilles, ginger, asafoetida, tamarind pulp, turmeric and salt. • If the pulp is very thick, add 1/2 cup water. • Bring this mixture to a boil. • Now combine peanuts and curry leaves with it. • When the mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan, remove it from the fire. • Now add this mixture to the rice and mix it gently without crushing the rice. • If it is too dry, add some heated gingelly oil to the rice to separate it. • Now the Puliyo Darai is ready to serve.