Pulihora

Pulihora is a very common preparation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Indian cuisine. Puli means sour taste. Pulihora can also be referred as sour rice. It is also known as tamarind rice or lemon rice. In the North coastal part of Andhra Pradesh, viz., Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts, people used to call it Saddi but younger generations may not know this name.

In the districts of Telangana it is considered as the poor mans festival food, It is given as prasadam in temples and the taste of pulihora will be ultimate, devotees after the darshan will lin a Que to get puli hora, The festival of SeethaRama Kalyanam is one big occasion where the huge packets of puli hora is distributed to the devotees.

Usually the ready mix of pulihora is avliable but may not taste that good as home made.

In karnataka it is refered as Pulihogare usually the pulihogare mix will avliable at all indian stores and the same can be used but to fee the real taste of it you have to get it prepareda t home.

Recipe

• Cook rice and let it cool down
• Now heat the required quantity of oil to whcih add red chillies, Bengal gram, black gram, mustard seeds, groundnuts and dont forget Curry leaves
• Add Turmeric powder may be a little more will give you good color to the food
• After the added content is heated properly Add tamarind and/or lemon juice
• let the soup of tamrind boil till you get more viscour liquid
• Add Salt to your taste.
• once the paste is ready spead the rice in a wide plate or steel basin the cooked rice shall be cooled and seperated to grain level now you can mix your viscous liquid and mix properly.

• Wait atleast for an hour for the liquid to get absorbed by the rice and now check the salt if required add little.
• this can be served at the picnics and parties.
• the paste or viscous liquid can be stored for days together and used as a ready mix.

All the Best Enjoy Good Pulihora

Pulihora tastes sour, spicy hot and salty at the same time. It is considered to be a good stimulant for a dead tongue. It is easy and unexpensive to cook and is a good stomach filler.

Hindus consider turmeric powder as a symbol of auspiciousness, this dish is therefore cooked for almost all good occasions and during festive days. It is also distributed in temples under the name of Prasad.