Kovil Puliyodharai / Temple Puliyodharai
I always wonder the delicious taste of Puliyodharai given as prasadham especially in Perumal Kovil and Anjeneyar kovil. If we go to Nanganallur Anjeneyar temple on saturdays, we would get Puliyodharai as Prasadam which is very unique in taste. Our traditional Iyer puliyodharai does not match with this taste. I did many experiments and my family finally gave this below recipe as “Go Ahead” for Koil Puliyodharai. Try this Koil Puliyodarai | Temple Style Puliyodarai Rice | Tamarind Rice recipe and let me know if you are also satisfied 🙂
There are many other variations in making the Pulikachal / Puliyodharai Rice. Some of the popular puliyodharai/pulihora rice recipes are given in the link below.
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| Koil Puliyodarai | Temple Style Puliyodarai Rice | Tamarind Rice |
| Yield | 200gms |
| Servings | 4 |
| Preparation Time | – |
| Cooking Time | 20 mins |
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| Koil Puliyodarai | Temple Style Puliyodarai Rice | Tamarind Rice |
Ingredients :
| Tamarind | 1 lemon size |
| Turmeric Powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Red Chillies | 2 |
| Hing | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Salt | to Taste |
| Grated Jaggery | 1 Tablespoon |
For Grinding:
| Oil | 1 teaspoon |
| Coriander Seeds | 2 tablespoon |
| Red Chillies | 6 |
| Channa dal | 1 tablespoon |
| Urid dal | 2 teaspoon |
| Fenugreek seeds | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Pepper | 1 teaspoon |
| Sesame Seeds | 2 teaspoon |
For Seasoning:
| Gingelly Oil | 2 tablespoon |
| Mustard Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Channa dal | 2 teaspoon |
| Peanuts | 1 tablespoon |
| Curry Leaves | Few |
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| Koil Puliyodarai | Temple Style Puliyodarai Rice | Tamarind Rice |
Method:
- Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water and extract the juice and keep it aside
- Heat oil in a pan, add the grinding ingredients except sesame seeds and fry it until the dals turn golden brown color
- Finally add sesame seeds and fry for 30 seconds and remove the fried ingredient from flame and allow it to cool off. The reason of adding sesame seeds at the last is that they would get burnt easily while we try frying the dals. So it should be always added last
- Take the fried and cooled ingredients in a mixer and grind it to a smooth powder
- Heat gingelly oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when the oil is hot. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add channa dal and peanuts and fry till they turn golden brown color
- Next add broken red chillies and curry leaves and fry for another 20 seconds
- Then add extracted thick tamarind juice and add turmeric powder along with salt and hing and mix well
- Allow the tamarind mixture to boil atleast for 5 minutes to get rid off the raw smell of tamarind
- Now add the ground powder and mix well to get rid off lumps. Keep the flame in medium and allow the puliyodharai mixture to boil well and attain a thick paste like consistency
- When the Puliyodarai mixture gets thicken add jaggery and stir well, remove the pulioyodharai from flame.
- We can store the puliyodharai mixture in an air tight container and refrigerate and use it for 2-4 days. If we plan to refrigerate, then we should be generous in using gingelly oil 🙂
- Take cooked rice and allow it to cool off so that the rice is very fluffy. Then add the puliyodharai mixture and a teaspoon of gingelly oil and gently mix it with a wooden spatula to avoid mashing of rice. The yummy, spicy Kovil Puliyodharai is ready for neivedhyam and also for serving.
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| Koil Puliyodarai | Temple Style Puliyodarai Rice | Tamarind Rice |
Click the link below for other Puliyodarai Recipes
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Very Nice. Just tried this one. Came very well.
Don't u need to add perungayam/hing?
Hi Sundari, I have used hing. You can see that in step 7.
Ya I tried jus now.. And had it.. Taste pakka.. But.. Kaaram koncham yekkuva aipoindhi.. But enjoyed eating it with sssssss sounds…
Just now tried…it came out very well. It's too tasty… I love it…thanks for your post.
what is the different between iyengar puliodharai, temple pulidharai and the other puliodharai
Just an observation, in kovil puliyodharai, there will be pepper and sesame seeds, which is not obvious other varieties.
Just an observation, in kovil puliyodharai, there will be pepper and sesame seeds, which is not obvious other varieties.
Love your website and this recipe. Stupid question: how much rice does this mixture flavor? Thanks!
We can use atlrast 3 cups of cooked rice
Hi Sowmya, I tried this. It was good. Thank you for the recipe. One question. When eating the peanuts seems to be still raw, What do I do to cook the peanuts well.
I generally use roasted peanuts, but if you feel the peanuts are raw, pls fry them alone for more time and then add it to the tempering. So that other ingredient in the tempering is not burnt. If you have microwave, you can keep the peanut in microwave safe bowl and heat it for 2 mins and then add the peanuts to the tempering.