Tamarind Rice

Ingredients

Rice 1 cup
Water 2 cups
3 small lime sized tamarind combined together.
8 Red Chillies
2 tblspns of groundnuts
salt acc to taste (app 2.75 small tsps)
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
chana dal - 1 tsp
udad dal - 1 tsp
few sprig of curry leaves
half tsp of turmeric powder
Oil - 3 tblspns
half onion (chopped)

method of calculating salt: one lime sized tamarind = 3/4th tsp of salt)

Procedure:

Cook the rice with water and keep it aside. Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes and extract the juice. Heat oil. Saute mustard seeds, chana dal, udad dal and curry leaves. Add the groundnuts and fry for a minute.Add onion and red chillies. Fry it. Add tamarind extract and then add turmeric powder.Add salt. Boil on medium low flame for 15-20 minutes till the raw smell disappers and the gravy becomes semi-solid. Finally mix with rice.