Tamarind Rice With Sesame Seeds

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups uncooked rice
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 3 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon urad dal (split )
• 1 tablespoon channa dal
• 1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
• 4 dried red chilies, halved
• 3 green serrano chilies
• 12 curry leaves
• 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon hing
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon split urad dal
• 1 teaspoon channa dal
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 6 curry leaves

Recipe

• 1 cook the 2 cups rice with water and the 1/2 teaspoons turmeric until tender. set aside to cool.
• 2 dry fry the 1/2 teaspoons fenugreek seeds and powder them. set aside.
• 3 dry fry the sesame seeds and powder them. set aside.
• 4 in a dutch oven or other large cooking vessel put the 3 table. oil, 1 table. urad dal, 1 table. chana dal, 1 table. mustard seeds, and the dried red chilies.
• 5 split the serrano chilies part way up and add them to the spices. heat over high heat until the mustard seeds are popping and the dals are light brown.
• 6 reduce heat to medium and stir in the 12 curry leaves.
• 7 add the tamarind concentrate and 1/2 cup water. stir-fry for 3 minutes, adding a little more water if needed. the tamarind concentrate needs to cook a bit to loose its raw taste.
• 8 stir in 1/4 teaspoons hing, the powdered fenugreek seeds and the powdered sesame seeds. cook for 2 more minutes. the water should have evaporated by this time.
• 9 reduce heat to low and stir in 2 teaspoons salt.
• 10 slowly add the cooked rice and stir until it is well mixed. remove from heat.
• 11 in a small frying pan put the remaining oil, urad dal, chana dal and mustard seeds. heat over high heat until the dals are light brown. quickly stir in the 6 curry leaves and then pour the spices over the top of the rice for a crunchy topping.
• 12 1 teaspoons of curry powder can be added when you add the powdered sesame seeds, if desired.