Puli Maavu - புளி-மாவு

Recipe for Puli Maavu - புளி-மாவு

A signature dish from interior parts of Tanjore where its made for night tiffin or on Fasting days, which keeps our tummy full and keeps us energetic the whole day, due to the Tamarind + Rice combination. This Traditional Pulimaavu is given below.

Soak tamarind (lemon size), squeeze and add water to it. Add 1 tsp Turmeric powder and salt and mix well. In a bowl, add pure Raw Rice flour and add this tamarind mixture and make it to a rough dough. Keep aside for 30 mins. In a heavy bottom kadai, add Gingelly oil, splutter mustard seeds, urud dal, channa dal each 1 tsp, 1 red chilly, 1 arc of curry leaves and add the dough and make like upma. cook in medium flame. The bottom crust with gingelly oil tastes heaven. Your Puli-Maavu is ready. 

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