Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice
• 5-6 tsp - thick tamarind juice
• 4 tsp - oil
• 4 - red chillies
• 1 channa dal
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp haldi
• few curry leaves
• Salt to taste

How to Make Chintapandu Pullihara

• Cook the rice in such a way that each grain is separated.
• Soak channa dal in little water and keep aside.
• Add oil in a pan and heat it. Add red chillies, urad dal, mustard, jeera, asafoetida and keep heating till urad dal becomes brown.
• Then add curry leaves, channa dal, tamarind juice and some salt. Cook this for 3 minutes.
• Add the tamarind juice and others into the cooked rice. Mix well all the ingredients and serve with/without lemon pickle.