Varagu Arisi Puliyodarai Recipe | Kudo Millet Tamarind Rice

Want to eat Puliyodarai but with a little twist and healthy? Puliyodarai mix is easy to prepare and we can make in a big batch and store it in air-tight container and refrigerate it. We can use the puliyodarai mix and mix with any type of millets. First we need to cook the millet and keep it aside and then after making the puliyodarai we can mix and enjoy. Even with broken wheat, aval we can mix the puliyodrai. So Instead of tasting the conventional tamarind rice, we can enjoy the same taste with the millets to make it little healthy! Try this Varagu Arisi (Kudo Millet) Puliyodarai and you will surely enjoy it. 

Preparation and Yield:

Preparation time	10 mins
Cooking Time	30 mins
Servings	4
Recipe Category	Main
Recipe Cuisine	South Indian

1. Soak the tamarind in warm water in 10 mins and squeeze to extract the juice
2. First lets work with the millet. Wash the millet thoroughly and soak in water for 15 mins
3. After 15 mins, drain the water. Bring 2.5 Cups of water to boil. Once the water starts to boil, add the drained kudo millet and stir well.  Allow the water to absorb fully and then close the pan with a lid and keep the flame low and cook for 5 more minutes. Once all the moisture is absorbed and millet is cooked, switch off the flame. Allow the cooked millet to cool completely to become fluffy. Now the cooked millet ready!
4. Heat a pan. add coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chili and peppercorns and dry roast till we get nice aroma. Finally add sesame seeds and roast them till the sesame seeds starts to sputter. Take these roasted ingredients aside and allow it to cool. Grind the roasted ingredients to a smooth powder
5. Heat gingelly oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then, add split urad dal, bengal gram dal, peanuts and roast them in oil.
6. Then add curry leaves and saute for few seconds. Then add tamarind extract to the pan
7. Then add turmeric powder, salt, asafetida and allow the tamarind extract to boil till the raw smell goes off
8. Then, add the ground puliyodarai spice mix and stir well. Allow the puliyodarai mix to boil in low flame for 5 mins. Allow the oil to ooze out from the puliyodarai mix 
9. Then switch off the flame. Add the cooked millet and gently mix with the puliyodarai
10. Serve the delicious Varagu Arisi (Kudo Millet ) Puliyodarai and enjoy!!!

Varagu Arisi Puliyodarai Recipe | Kudo Millet Tamarind Rice