Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 2 cups
Tamarind- Size of a big lemon
Oil - 2 tbsp
Curry leaves- handful
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Peanuts - 2 tbsp
Red chillies - 10
Green chillies- 5
Salt to taste 
Asafoetida - a pinch 
Water as required

For powder :

Red chillies - 3
Sesame Seeds - 2 tbsp

Method:

1) Dry roast Sesame seeds and red chillies and keep it aside to cool and grind them to make fine powder.
2) Soak Tamarind in water and extract the pulp and keep aside.
3) Spread cooked rice on a plate and add oil so that rice grains are separate.
4) Heat oil in a round bottomed pan and add curry leaves, mustard seeds,urad dal, channa dal, peanuts and asafoetida and fry well rill they turn golden brown.
5) Add the tamarind pulp, salt and water as required to the above and bring it to boil.
6) Once the above mixture boils well add the grinded powder and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes on low flame.
7) Once the mixture starts coming out from sides, remove and mix well with cooked rice and let it rest for few hours.