Puliyodharai - South Indian Tamarind Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw Rice
• Large lemon size Tamarind
• 3-4 tbsp Gingelly oil (Sesame Oil)
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• Puliyodharai Spice Mix : 4-5 dry red Chilies
• 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 1 tsp White Sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds
• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper corn
• 1 tsp skinned and split black gram
• 1 tsp split Bengal gram
• 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
• 2-3 dry red chilies , (break into two and deseed )
• 1-2 sprigs of Curry leaves
• 1/4 cup roasted peanuts