Peanut Rice with Simple Potato fry

Peanut Rice with Simple Potato fry

Peanut rice is a delicious South Indian  rice. It is very simple to prepare and tastes excellent with a combination of  roasted pappad or hot potato chips. You can also make it with leftover rice. The rich aroma of this recipe makes your heart go nuts for peanuts :))

To speak about the nutritional facts, peanuts are very good source of Vit E, niacin, folate, protein, manganese and monounsaturated fats. And this dish makes a healthy snack food and an ideal lunch box menu. Give it a Try..!

Ingredients:

• Peanut                          - 1 cup
• Red chilly                      -  5
• Raw rice                        - 2 cup
• Urad dal                        - ¼ cup
• Bengal gram dal            - ¼ cup
• Gingely oil                    - 1 tbsp
• Asafoetida                    - ½ tsp
• Ghee                            - 1 tbsp
• Mustard                        - ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves                  - handful
• Salt to taste
  Method:
  
  
  
  
• Wash and soak raw rice for 10 mins and pressure cook it.
• Once the pressure goes off, add 1 tbsp of gingerly oil, mix well and spread it in a wide bowl. Allow to cool.
• Take a dry pan, add peanuts and roast until fragrant
• Take it aside and allow to cool.
• Add urad dal, Bengal gram dal, red chilly, asafoetida and fry.
• Take it aside and allow to cool.
• Transfer to a mixer and grind to coarse pwd.
• Now add peanuts  and further grind for 4 seconds.
• Add this coarse pwd to the cooked white rice and mix gently.
• Heat  1 tbsp ghee in a fry pan.
• Temper with mustard, urad dal, Bengal gram dal, red chilly, curry leaves and asafetida pwd.
• Drop this to the peanut rice and stir well to combine.
• Tasty n Healthy, Peanut rice is ready to be served.