Usirikaya Pulihora, Nelikai Chitranna, Nellikai Sadam, Amla Rice, Gooseberry Rice , How To Prepare Amla Rice(pulihora)

Ingredients
- Usirikaya/amla -5 medium size
- Rice - 1 bowl
- Ground nuts - 2tsp
- Cashew nuts - 5
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
- Chana dal- 1/2 tsp
- Oil - 4 tsp
- Green chillies - 4
- Red Chillies - 2
- Ginger - 1tsp
- Hing - 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Coriander leaves - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Keep cooked rice ready.
- Clean amla's with water and tap it with dry cloth.
- Cut the amlas into pieces by removing seed.
- Take a mixer jar add chopped amla pieces and 1 green chilli.
- Blend it to smooth mix without adding water. You can also grate amla instead of blending.
- Now take a pan add 3 - 4 tsp of oil let it heat for a second. Add mustard seeds once it start splutters add cumin seeds ground nuts, channa and urad dal. Fry till dal and nuts changes to golden brown color.
- Now add cashew nuts (as it fry easily adding at last).
- Add green chillies, chopped ginger fry it once then add red chillies, curry leaves fry & hing one after other fry it well.
- Add smoothly blended amla to the above along with with turmeric powder and salt. Saute everything well. Close the lid for 2-3 minutes and cook on low flames.
- Finally add the above prepared pulihora paste in rice, saute it well. Take the above usirikaya pulihora/amla rice in a bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Take the above usirikaya pulihora/amla rice in a bowl and garnish with coriander leaves. We can have this nellikkai chitranna with appalam(Pappads) and majjiga mirapakayalu(dahi mirchi).
Notes
â—† If you have large size amla’s you can grate it instead of grinding. â—† Adjust amla as per your rice
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