Nilesh Manohar & Erzsebet Marothi

Pulihora or Tamarind Rice is a dish we prepare for most of our festivals in South India.Its a tangy flavoured rice mixed in tamarind sauce and spices and garnished with roasted peanuts and tastes great with plain yogurt and appadam (papad). Ingredients: 2 cups cooked rice (each grain should be separate) 1/4 tsp teaspoon turmeric (haldi,pasupu) 3-4 tbsp oil salt to taste 20 fresh curry leaves 1/2 cup roasted peanuts…

Poha is flattened cooked rice. It is usually washed and drained and used to make savory dishes. Like – Potato Poha, Papads, Poha Dosa, Maharashtrian Chivda etc. Poha is available in 2 forms in the Indian grocery stores – Thick poha and Thin poha. The Thick variety is thicker as the name indicates. The thin variety is used specifically to make “chivda”. Ingredients: 2 cup Thick Pohe 1 large Onion,…