How to make south indian tamarind rice at home?

Ingredients

2 cups basmathi rice

1/2 cup tamarind juice

salt to taste

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp jaggery powder

1 tsp fenugreek

a pinch of asafoetida

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp channa dhal

6 red chilly

100 gms sesame oil(as needed)

a bunch of curry leaves

1 tsp peanuts

Method

1. Pressure Cook the rice and spread on a plate. keep aside.

2. Heat the non-stick skillet add fenugreek and asafoetida dry fry (without oil) for a minute.

3. Grind this into a fine powder. Set aside.

4. To the tamarind juice add salt, turmeric powder, jaggery, ground powder of fenugreek and asafoetida.

5. Fry mustard, red chillies, channa dhal, peanuts and curry leaves in sesame oil.

6. Pour into the tamarind juice mixture.

7. Boil tamarind juice till it reaches thick gravy form and until oil comes out with good flavor.

8. Add cooked tamarind gravy to the rice.

9. Pour in 1 tsp. of oil, if needed. Mix well and serve. 

How to make coconut rice?

This is a South Indian recipe. Fried coconut and cashew-nuts are added to boiled rice and garnished with ghee and coriander leaves.

Ingredients

Basmati rice....................................2 cup

Coconut..........................................1 cup (crushed)

Ghee...............................................4tbs

Gram daal.......................................4tbs

Dry red chili....................................3 pc

Curry leaves...................................6-7

Almond..........................................4-5 (roughly chopped)

Cahew-nut.....................................4-5 (roughly chopped)

Raisin.............................................4-5

Asafoetida.......................................a pinch

Coriander leave.............................2tbs (finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and boil rice and keep aside.

2. Heat 2 tbs ghee in a cooking pan, add crushed coconut, stir on low flame till golden brown. Keep aside.

3. Heat 3 tsp of ghee in a same pan, add cashew-nuts, almond and raisin, fry till golden brown and remove.

4. Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram daal, and curry leaves well.

5. Mix rice, coconut, dry fruits, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt in a serving bowl.

6. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.