Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Preparation time: 40 minutes
Serves: 4
Required ingredients:
Rice -- 3 cups
Tamarind Extract -- 5 tbsp.
Split Bengal Gram -- 2 tbsp.
Peanuts -- 0.5 cup
Mustard Seeds -- 0.5 tsp.
Dried Red Chile -- 5
Green Chile -- 4
Black Pepper Corns -- 8
Turmeric Powder -- 0.5 tsp.
Oil -- 0.5 cup
Water -- 5 cups
Coriander Leaves -- 1 bunch
Curry Leaves -- 20
Sesame Seeds -- 1 tbsp. (powdered)
Asafoetida -- 0.5 tsp.
Salt to taste
In a large bowl, add water and rice and cook until well done. Remove from heat and in a wide, large bowl
spread
out the rice. Add turmeric, half of the curry leaves and three tablespoons of oil to the rice and mix
thoroughly. Keep
it aside.
Meanwhile in a skillet, heat remaining oil on low heat. To this add black mustard seeds, split bengal gram,
red chile,
pepper corns and peanuts. When the bengal gram turns light brown, add coriander leaves,remaining
curry leaves,
102
asafoetida, sliced green chiles and tamarind extract. Stir well. Remove from heat. Now add salt and sesame
seed
powder to the skillet and add it all to the bowl containing rice. Mix thoroughly. Serve with
Verusanagapappu
Pacchadi or plain yoghurt.
Note: You can adjust the amount of tamarind extract according to your taste.

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