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What will you cook for Kamala Harris?

By Rediff Get Ahead
January 23, 2021

Chef and model Padma Lakshmi whipped up Tamil-style Tamarind Rice or Puliyodarai in honour of US Vice President Kamala Harris.

The typical South Indian dish happens to be Kamala and Padma's favourite, both Indian Americans with Chennai (Besant Nagar, insists the resident Rediff.com oracle, himself a Besant Nagar native) roots.

Posting a video on Instagram as she cooked Tamarind Rice, Padma urged her followers to try out the recipe.

IMAGE: Padma Lakshmi rustles up Tamarind Rice.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Padma Lakshmi/Instagram

'It's very easy to do and has a lot of spice,' says Padma.

'It is basically making a tamarind paste, with a lot of spices, and then using that paste to mix into rice with some hot oil and a pinch of salt.

'Once you get all the ingredients, which are shelf staples, other than the rice and curry leaves, Tamarind Rice is a great dish to make,' she added.

Check out her recipe below. You can also watch a video of Padma making Tamarind Rice (external link). 

IMAGE: Padma Lakshmi and her daughter Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell watch Kamala Harris -- the first woman, the first woman with Indian American and African American roots -- being sworn in as vice president of the United States of America.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Padma Lakshmi/Instagram

We ask you, Dear Readers, what would you like to cook for Kamala Harris?

Do you also want to make Tamarind Rice for her? Do you have your own special, super-good version of this wonderful recipe?

Or do you want to treat her tastebuds to some authentic Chennai cuisine?

Or would you rather introduce Veep to some lip-smacking north Indian favourite like Alu Paratha?

Do mail your recipes to getahead@rediff.co.in(subject: Recipe for Kamala) along with your NAME and the place where you LIVE.

Please don't forget to share pix of your dish. And a video too, if you have it. We'll publish the best entries on Rediff.com.


Padma Lakshmi's Tamarind Rice

Ingredients

Method

Lead image: Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in Detroit, Michigan, 2020. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

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