Peanut Rice

Quick,  easy and healthy peanut rice can be a great dish to pack in your kids lunch box or hubby's lunch box. Can be made with left over rice or freshly cooked rice. Flavorful rice made with freshly ground spice powder. This recipe goes to the 3rd and final day of BM 78 for week 4, under the theme Kids Delight- Lunch Box recipes. This recipe is adapted from Home Cooking video from Facebook.Here goes the recipe........





Ingredients:


Peanuts 3/4  cup
Sesame seeds 2 spoons
Dry coconut 2 spoons
Udad dal 2 spoons
Red chilies 4
Cocount oil 5 spoons
Cooked rice 2 cups
Curry leaves 20



Preparation:


In a pan heat  2 spoons oil, and add  1/2 cup peanuts and saute for a minute.
Now add sesame seeds, udad dal and dry red chilies.
Saute till they turn light golden brown.
Now add dry coconut and mix well.
Switch of flame and let the mixture cool down.
Blend the mixture to course or smooth powder.
Now heat rest of the oil in the same pan, add some more peanuts and curry leaves.
Saute till peanuts turn light brown, now add cooked rice and peanut masala powder.
Add salt to taste and give it a stir.
Serve hot.



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3 comments:

Srividhya said...

Got to try this for sure. Bookmarked.

Chef Mireille said...

this is my kind of rice - love all the flavors in this

Priya Suresh said...

Simply love this kind of rice, especially made with peanuts, am in love with this flavourful rice.