Pulikachal

Pulikachal is the paste used to prepare puliodarai. You can refrigerate it and use them whenever you prepare puliodarai.

Ingredients:

Channa Dal (Kadalai Parupu) - 30gm
Urud dal (Uluntham parupu) - 30gm
Mustard seeds(kadugu) - 5gm
Gingely Oil (Nalennai) - 100ml
Tamarind - 100gm
Raw groundnuts (Pachai Kadalai) - Few.
Curry leaves - Few
Dried Red chilles (Kanja Milagai) - 10
Asafoetida - 1gm
Turmeric - 1 teaspoon.

Method :

1.Soak the tamarind in water for half an hour.
2.Then squeeze the tamarind and make it into a thick paste. Remove the waste tamarind extract from the paste. The paste has to be thick and smooth.
3.In a kadai take two teaspoon oil , first fry the red chilles and then add mustard . After the mustard cracks ,add channa dal and then urud dal. Fry until golden brown.
4.Now add turmeric and curry leaves.
5.Then pour the thick tamarind paste in the kadai. Add enough salt.
6.Add the raw groundnuts.
7. Keeping stiring until the excess oil comes out and it becomes a thick pulp.
8. After the pulikachal cools down , transfer the pulikachal with the oil in a closed container.
9. Pulikachal stays fresh for a month when refrigerated.