Peanut Rice / Verkadalai Sadam

One day I was in lazy mood to prepare lunch, so I plan to prepare this rice recipe.. A day before yesterday I this rice while browsing from sharmis passion, Keep this recipe in mind, to prepare this rice when I lazy to cook.. Peanut rice is a delicious rice recipe packed with roasted peanut and freshly ground spices powder..

You can even make this peanut powder in advance and store it fridge for 1 week..This recipe is one such quick simple meal that needs very few ingredients, but it turns out preety good and serve with papadam and vadams..

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time : 20 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Serve - 2

Recipe Category - Main

Recipe Source - Sharmis passion

INGREDIENTS :

Cooked rice / Leftover rice - 1 cup

Gingelly oil - 1 tbspn

Mustrad seeds - 1/2 tspn

Urad dal -  1/2 tspn

Peanut - 3 tbspn (roasted)

Curry leaves - few

Salt - as needed

TO ROAST AND GRIND :

Coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)

Peanut - 1/4 cup (roasted)

White sesame seeds - 1 tbspn

Urad dal - 1 tspn

Dry chilli - 5 nos

Gingelly oil - 1 tspn

METHOD :

• Roast all the ingredients except rice and salt, till golden or nice aroma comes..
• Cool down and transfer them into a mixer and make it a coarse powder..
• Heat pan with some oil, add in mustard and urad dal allow to splutter..
• Add in peanut and curry leaves, toss well for a min..
• Take cooked rice in a mixing bowl..
• Add in tempering items, peanut powder and salt..
• Mix well till they combained.. cheack for salt..
• Transfer them to a serving bowl..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL : 

 Take all the ingredients for roast and grind

 Take oil in a pan

 Add in coconut

 Roasted for 2 mins, till aroma comes 

 Now they are roasted

 Add in chilli, peanut, sesame seeds

 Roast it for 2 mins

 Now they are done, let it cool completely

 Take them to a blender

 Make it a powder

 Remove them to a plate

 Heat a pan with oil, add in mustard and urad dal

 When they splutter

 Add in peanut and curry leaves

 Toss it well in oil

Till they are done, keep aside

Take cooked rice in a wide pan

 Pour the tempering items 

 Prepared peanut powder

 Mix it evenly

 Transfer them to a serving bowl

 Enjoy...