CHINTA CHIGURU RICE

Ingredients :

• 1 cup washed and cooked rice
• A handful of 'chinta chiguru' (tender leaves of tamarind)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp black gram
• 2 tsp peanuts
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• 2 slit green chilis
• 1 dry red chili broken into bits
• Few curry leaves

Method :

Dry the chinta chiguru in the sun for one day before the preparation. Store it in an airtight jar. Heat oil in a wok and add mustard seeds, black gram and peanuts. Fry till golden brown. Add curry leaves, green and red chilis. Switch off the flame and add turmeric powder. Spread rice in a broad-based vessel. Add the dried chinta chiguru, salt and the seasoning to the rice and mix well. Serve with paapads.