PANDU MIRAPAKAI RICE...

great treat to the spicy food lovers - pandu mirapakai rice, yummy, spicy dish made from andhra cuisine's famous ingredient "pandu mirapakayalu" (ripped red chili's). any recipe made of ripped chili's taste best and as a foodie i always prefer having variety rices and when i learnt about this recipe i couldn't just wait to prepare this recipe. when prepared, it was so tasty that i couldn't stop myself from having this super yummy rice. my dad who doesn't prefer a lot of variety rice also liked it so much... am sure this recipe will droll your taste buds...

TIME TAKEN: 30 MINS, SERVES: 4

INGREDIENTS:

RICE	1 CUP
RIPED RED CHILI’S	10 - 15
SALT	TO TASTE
CORIANDER SEEDS	½ TSP
CUMIN SEEDS (JEERA)	½ TSP
JAGGERY	1 TSP (GRATED)
TAMARIND PASTE	1 TSP
DRY COCONUT	2 TBSPS.
FOR TEMPERING:
MUSTARD SEEDS	½ TSP
BENGAL GRAM	1 TSP
BLACK GRAM	1 TSP
CURRY LEAVES	10 – 15
RED CHILLI’S	2
HING	A PINCH

METHOD:

Ø  Wash and soak the rice for 15 – 20 mins. Add salt and required amount of water and cook the rice.

Ø  Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai, add ripped red chili’s and fry them for 3 – 4 mins and add coriander seeds, roast them and off the gas and allow it to cool. 

Ø  Now grind the dry coconut into fine powder, add the raosted chili’s, cumin seeds, tamarind paste and jaggery and grind everything into fine paste.

Ø  Now take the half portion of the cooked rice (hot) into a plate and add the chili paste to it and cover it with the left over rice for 10 – 15 mins.

Ø    Heat 2 - 3 tbsps of oil/ ghee in a kadai, temper red chili’s, mustard seeds, Bengal gram, black gram till brown. Now add curry leaves and hing and off the gas. Now pour this tempering on to the rice and mix everything well together.

SUGGESTIONS:

 ü  Make sure that the rice is very hot, only then the chili paste will cook in the steam of the hot rice when you add the paste to it.

 ü  Since the main ingredient is red chili, it will taste good with ghee. You can add only ghee are half ghee and half oil as desired to tempering.

 ü  Add the chili paste as required. If the paste is excess you can store it in refrigerator for 5 – 10 days and use It whenever required.