Pulusu Atukulu | Atukulu Pulihora | Poha Pulihora
Pulusu Atukulu or Atukulu Pulihora | Poha Pulihora is a special recipe made during Karthika Dwadasi or Pournima to offer during Tulasi puja. Pulusu atukulu is a South Indian recipe made with poha. It's a tangy, spicy, and slightly sweet dish that is often enjoyed as a breakfast or snack.
Ingredients
- 4 cups atukulu/poha
- Lemon size tamarind
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 4 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 4 red chillis
- 7 green chillis
- 4" long ginger
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida/hing
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in water for half an hour.
- Squeeze it and extract tamarind juice. Keep it aside.
- Slit green chillis, finely chop ginger.
- Wash poha under running water to soften.
- Heat oil in a kadai,
- Add peanuts, saute them till they start changing colour.
- Add urad dal, chana dal and fry them too in medium flame.
- Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and red chillis.
- When mustard seeds started crackling add hing.
- Add curry leaves, chopped ginger and slit green chilis.
- Fry them well. Add turmeric powder and combine well.
- Add tamarind juice. and add little water.
- Add salt and allow the tamarind juice to cook well.
- Once the tamarind juice starts boiling add jaggery.
- Allow tamarind to cook until it turns out to be a paste.
- Switch off the flame.
- Add the cooked tamarind paste to the poha.
- Mix it well so that tangy tamarind taste combines well with poha.
- Serve pulusu atukulu with curd or pachi pulusu.