Puliogare

Tamarind Rice or Puliogare has its root in Tamil cuisine. This dish comes from Thanjavur, the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu. The dish is a simple rice preparation usually consumed as a snack.

Puli = sour taste and Ogara = rice , thus Puliogare translates as sour tasting rice. Puliogare is also known as Huli anna or Tamarind Rice in some parts of Karnataka. It is traditionally made using steamed or boiled rice mixed with tamarind juice (hence it is also known as tamarind rice), peanuts (moongfali), fresh coriander (dhaniya), fresh or dried coconut, red chilli (lal mirch), curry leaves (kadi patta), jaggery (gur) for that sweet taste, black pepper (kali mari), mustard (rai), fenugreek (sukhi methi), asafoetida (hing), urad dal and cumin (jeera).

Puliogare is also prepared during special occasions such as festivals. Puliogare is particularly known to be a specialty of the Iyengar community, and you will find that the temples associated with this community have some of the best Puliogare

Given below are some of the recipe's by varied people to make Puliogare

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Puliogare

http://chitra-ammas-kitchen.blogspot.com/2008/03/puliogare-or-tamarind-rice.html

http://simplyaroma.blogspot.com/2008/04/puliogaretamarind-rice.html


A simple yet heart warming dish that you can enjoy as a snack or a meal in itself.

http://www.mtrfoods.com/masalapowders/puliogare.htm

This is the simplest method of making Puliogare as I know it. Its a ready - made masala in which you just add cooked rice and voila!!! Your Puliogare is ready to be gorged on....


Enjoy your southern fare!!!!!