Pulikaichal

Take 250 grms of puli, remove seeds throughly. Soak it in hot water for 2 hours. Ensure there is no seed or Naar in it. Crush this in mixie for about 30 seconds and make it a thick paste and keep it aside.

Keep the following things ready:

Set 1:
2 teaspoons of Vendhayam
2 teaspoons of Vellai Ellu.

Set 2:
15 nos of Red chillies
100 ml of Kothamalli verai.
50 ml of Kadalai paruppu

Set 3:
15 nos of red chilles.
10 ml of Kadugu.
20 ml of kadalai paruppu.
10 grams of Perungayam (asafotida)

Set 4:

Karuga veppillai 10 arcs. Perungaya powder. Nalla ennai about 150 ml. 3 tablespoons of salt. 1 teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
Preparation:
Step 1:
Put the frying pan on stove. Take set 1. Fry Vendhayam until it turns light brown. Take it and keep it in a plate. Now fry Vellay ellu. Fry until few Ellu explodes(vedikkanum). Take it ans keep it in the same plate you kept Vendhayam.

Step 2:
Take set 2:
Fry red chillies. Then put Kothamalli. Then Kadali paruppu. Wait until kadalai paruppu changes its colour. Take it out and keep it separately in another plate.

Step 3:

Take set 3:
Pur 4 teaspoons of nalla ennai. Put Perungayam. Allow it fry. Now put kadugu. Let it explode. Now put kadalai paruppu. Allow kadali paruppu to change its colour. Now pour the Puli paste on to the pan and stir. After oil mixes well with Puli etc. Put 2 teaspoons of salt and mix again. Reduce flame and allow it to cook.

Step 4:
Take Set1 after performing step 1. Put it in dry mixie and make into a powder and keep it separately.

Step 5:
Take Set 2 after performing step 2. Put it is mixie and grind it and keep it in the mixe itself.

Step 6:
if the Puli/thalippu mix has boiled for about 10 minutes now, put the Set2 powder after performing step 5 and mix is well. Put turmeric powder also now. Now put Karugaveppillai also and stir it for 3 minutes.
Now sprinkle Perungaya powder. Mix it. Now pour Vendhayam, Vellai ellu powder of Set 2 after step 5. Mix and stir for a minute and then switch off the flame.

Step 7:
Allow this to cool off and transfer it into another container. Now put some white rice on to the pan and mix it will the Pulikaichal on the pan and you can taste the Puliyanchadham!


Note: It would normally take about 50 minutes for the above procedure to be completed. [Assuming you would have soaked Puli 2 hours ago.]