Puli Aval Upma Recipe | Tamarind Poha Recipe

Name: Puli Aval Upma Recipe | Tamraind Poha Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice (Use thick Poha. 1 Cup - 250ml); 1 Gooseberry Size Tamarind; 1 tsp Salt (Adjust as Needed); ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder; a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing); 2 tbsp Peanuts; ¼ Cup Sesame Seeds; 2 tbsp Sesame Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Split Urad Dal; 1 tbsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu); 2 tbsp Peanuts; 6 Red Chili; Few Curry Leaves

Posted on Feb 17th, 2009

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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4.5 from 4 votes

Puli Aval Upma Recipe, tamarind infused poha, one of the traditional evening snack for marriages or engagement parties. Spicy tamarind gravy is prepared and damped and soft poha is tossed and mixed to make this delicious Tamarind Poha. Puli Aval Upma with toasted papad is a great combo!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

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Aval Upma is one of the most common recipe for evening tiffin or even for morning breakfast. We can make Aval upma plain only with onion or we can make enrich with mixed vegetables. We can also make varieties like Puli Aval Upma, Lemon Aval Upma, Coconut Aval and vella aval.

Aval recipes are very easy to make. We don’t need any cooking of Aval. We just need to clean it thoroughly and set it aside that will make the poha soft. Depending upon the quality of poha, if needed, we need to sprinkle more water and soak for poha for more time. Since the poha becomes so soft upon soaking, we need to add it as the last step and gently mix for any variation of Aval recipe.

Tips of Puli Aval Upma | Tamarind Poha:

Use Thick Poha Variety, which will be fluffy and not mushy upon soaking
We can also use Red Poha Variety. Depending upon the variety of poha, soaking time differs. For thin variety we can strain all the washed water, but for red poha, we need to retain some water
We need thick Tamarind Extract for the gravy. Soak tamarind in 1 cup of warm water and extract thick juice
Once the tamarind spice mixture gets boiled, switch off the flame and add the poha. After adding poha, gently mix without mushing

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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:

SOAKING TAMARIND

Soak Tamarind in warm water for about 10 mins. Extract the juice and set the tamarind juice aside

PREPARE AVAL

Take aval in a vessel. Wash the aval thoroughly and cover and set aside. Again after 5 mins, check the aval. If all the water is absorbed and still the aval is hard, then sprinkle little more water and mix well. Close with lid again and set aside.

PREPARING GRINDING PROCESS

Dry roast peanuts for couple of minutes. Then add sesame seeds and fry till it sputters.

GRINDING PROCESS

Take the fried peanuts and sesame seeds to mixer jar and grind it to powder. Set this powder aside.

TEMPERING PROCESS

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add split urad dal, bengal gram, peanuts and fry till the dal turns light brown. Next, add curry leaves and give a mix.

COOK TAMARIND GRAVY

Add tamarind extract to the pan. Also add salt, turmeric powder, asafoetida and allow the tamarind to boil for about 5 mins to get rid off the raw smell