When it comes to ‘fast food’ , the first thing that comes to my mind is pressed rice / poha.Any dish with this ingedient gets done fast..Here is one of my favorite that was a part of the Chitra maasa panaka poojay thali
- Soak tamarind in ¼ cup of hot water. After 10 minutes extract the juice and keep aside. Add a little more hot water and repeat the process till you get around ¾ cup extract.
- Wash the pressed rice with water and drain completely.
- Add the tamarind extract, turmeric to the pressed rice and mix well.[see note below]
- Let it stand till the pressed rice is soft to touch. When a few grains of pressed rice is pressed between the thumb and Index finger they must be completely soft. Else sprinkle a little water, mix well and cover and let it stand for some more time.
- Heat oil for seasoning in a pan. Put in all the ingredients except curry leaves.
- When the mustard splutters and dal turns brown, reduce the flame and add curry leaves.
- Add the soaked pressed rice , salt and mix well.
- Remove from heat after 2 minutes.
While adding tamarind extract to the washed pressed rice, it should be noted that the above mentioned varieties absorb the extract differently. Similarly different varieties of tamarind gives different levels of sourness. So add some ,check taste after sometime and add more if needed.If the sourness is right but the pressed rice is not fully soft, sprinkle more water. If the sourness needs to be increased, sprinkle tamarind extract .
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This is a staple at home. Very tasty and easy to make too.
love this anyday.. a staple at home too !
Kalyani
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nice, flavorful rice!
My all time bf fav…
Simple and easy to make…looks healthy.
Simply love this,one of my fav dish.
This is a lovely variation of the Tamarind rice most of us know of… very interseting!
Never tried them!!! looks easy to make and tasty too!!!
I agree with you about poha being an anytime quick snack. Love this simple dish
Quick and easy. Cute bowl.
Vardhini
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On eof my favorite dishes. This is different than the version we make.
Sometimes simple food without any fuss gives more satisfication…good one PJ.
Delicious, almost no-cooking involved dish.. Looks yumm.
love this rice…looks good
I just bought a block of tamarind and would love to try this dish! Pressed rice is a variety I have not seen anywhere, will have to try Indian markets in the US.
My mom learnt this recipe from a neighbour when we were at Mysore. This is one of my fav poha preparations. Looks so inviting…
I am game for anything that is tamarind-y! Now I will have to check the Indian stores for "thick" pressed rice. I have the thinner version.
yumm!!!
amma makes this often
My MIL makes this,I am yet to try.