Cranberry Pulihora / Rice

I had never heard of cranberry Pulihora until one of my friends introduced it to me just a few months ago.
I tried it and loved it.  It is just made like our good old tamarind rice, replacing tamarind with cranberries.

So here's the recipe for the same:




Ingredients :

• Rice - 2 cups ( I prefer Sona Masoori )
• Cranberries- 1 cup
• Red Whole Chillies - 2
• Green Chillies 2-3
• Coconut powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder-  1/4 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds -1 tsp
• Urad Dal -1 tsp
• Chana Dal -1 tsp
• Cashew Nuts - 7-8
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Asafoetida -2 pinches
• Chopped Cilantro - for garnish

Directions: 

• Cook the rice and keep aside.
• In a pan, heat oil, and splutter mustard seeds. Add urad dal, chana dal and as they start to change the color, add cashew nuts.( You can replace cashew nuts with peanuts as well )
• Add torn red chillies, slit green chillies, asafoetida , turmeric powder, curry leaves.
• Add washed cranberies and some salt. Cook till all the cranberries and mushy  and are reduced to paste. You can alternatively grind the cranberries and add  that paste.
• Add coconut powder to it and mix well.
• Now add this cranberry mixture to the cooked rice and give it a good mix , gently, without breaking the rice grains.
• Adjust salt and garnish with chopped cilantro.