Tamarind rice

Ingredients:

• Cooked Rice---2cups
• Tamarind pulp---3tbs
• Sugar or Jaggery---2pinch
• Roasted Ground nuts or Cashew nuts---5-6
• Curry leaves---10-12
• Red chilly pieces---5-6
• Green chillies---2-3(cut into pieces)
• urad dal---1tsp
• Asafoetida (hing)---2 pinch
  
• Channa dal---1tsp
• Mustard seeds---3/4 tsp
• Cumin Seeds---1tsp
• Ginger---4-5 small pieces
  
• Turmeric powder---1/2 tsp
• Salt ---Adjust to taste
• Oil---3tbs
• Lemon Juice---1tsp
• Roasted Sesame powder---3tbs(In a frying pan take some sesame seeds, sprinkle some water on it and fry it till it gives out fine aroma, cool for few min and make to powder in mixer)
  

Preparation:

• Put skillet on the stove.
  
• Heat oil in it, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, Urad dal, chana dal, red chilly pieces, green chilly pieces, ginger pieces, hing, turmeric powder one after the other.
  
• Once the urad dal and chana dal are fried properly add Tamarind pulp with 1/2 cup water, add sugar or jaggery to it.
• Once the tamarind juice is thick and changes colour and oozing water out, switch off the stove. let it cool.
• Now take the cooked rice, add salt to it and mix evenly. Add the roasted cashew nuts or ground nuts or both, tamarind pulp, Lemon juice and mix properly.
  
• Finally mix with the sesame seed powder and serve.