Pulli Maavu (Tamil) and Pulusu Pindi (Telugu) is an easy evening tiffin recipe that required minimal ingredients- the major one being the rice flour and tamarind. The Traditional method is very strenuous and requires a special kadai so that while cooking and stirring the content don’t get burnt. The easy-method recipe requires a lot of oil in the making , but I can assure you that the taste is not compromised.
Preparation Time:- 20 minutes
Ingredients:-
- Tamarind (lemon sized) soaked and the extract to be used
- Rice flour – 2 cups
- Gram dal – 2 tsp
- Dried red chillies dipped in buttermilk (Mor Molaga) – 5
- Urad dal – 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Asafoetida Powder – 1 tsp
- Oil – 5 tsp
- Curry leaves –
- Salt to taste
- Lastly, some love.
- Soak the lemon sized tamarind in water. If you have paste, saves your time, mix the paste (50g) in water (1cup)
- Extract the tamarind water. Ensure it is a thick consistency.
- Add 1 cup of rice flour to the tamarind water.
- Add some salt to the above content and leave it aside.
- Meanwhile, in a kadai, add 3 tsp of oil, mustard seeds, all the dal’s mentioned above, chillies dipped in buttermilk (Mor Molaga), curry leaves and some asafoetida.
- Add the Rice flour+ Tamarind content to the kadai and keep stirring well. Keep stirring for 10-15 minutes till the whole content turns brown. Keep adding some oil in between for good results. (Very good exercise for your hands and biceps!)
- You will notice that the content has started to wither and roasted. Remove the content and let it cool.
- Serve with curd or sugar.
Tamarind water 
Mix with 2 cups rice flour 
Add salt 
Curry leaves and Chillies soaked in Buttermilk (Mor Molaga) 
In a kadai, add oil , dal, chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida 
Add some oil to roast 
The content turns brown after constant stirring.
Less Salt More Love 