Peanut rice is a simple and easy lunch box recipe . My mother in law used to make this very often , she adds sesame seeds to this. I made this for this Kannum pongal . If you are a peanut fan like me, you will surely like this rice. Do try this easy lunch box recipe.
Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15Mins | Serves : 2
Cooked Rice 1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts 3-4 Tblsp
Red chilli 3-4
Dry coconut | Kopparai 3-4 Tblsp
Oil 1 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves Few
Method:
- Cook the rice and spread it in a wide plate. Let the rice be grainy without sticking to each other.
- Dry roast the red chilli and and dry coconut till the coconut becomes golden brown.
- Grind this is in a mixer and in the lastly add the roasted peanuts and pulse once. Let the peanuts be coarse.
- Add the ground mix to the cooked rice and mix evenly. You can grease your hands with oil or ghee and mix the rice. This will help in keeping the rice moist and not becoming too dry. Temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Check for salt.
- I didn’t add much salt as the roasted peanuts which i have added had salt in it.
- Verkadalai sadam is ready. You can simply pack this with papad or vadam.
Note:
- If using raw peanuts, roast them separately and phew the skin.
- If adding sesame seeds, white will be good. Roast them along with coconut and chilli.
- Fresh coconut can also be used. Roast them till the moisture is completely gone.
Super combo..my eyes goes to the colorful fryums 🙂
nice combo .. must be tasty too
My mom used to make this rice.. looks amazing!!
my kids most fav rice.. looks so tempting.. Love the side dish too
Such a nice recipe for those busy days. Will surely try some time.
looks fabulous
This sounds so easy yet looks very tasty, going to try this out..
peanut rice looks really delicious.
delicious rice.
Wonderful rice… bookmarked
this looks so crunchy….
Very healthy and protein rich rice with lovely flavors Jeyashri..looks delicious
Should we not add salt to this recipe?
Attartive rice n colourful fryums… i like the crunchy whole peanuts which look even more inviting.
what about oil,mustard seeds and curry leaves mentioned in the ingredients??no mention in method–
colorful and delicious looking rice.
Deepa
Ahh!! My son loves peanuts!! I think he will surely love it.. I will surprise him by sending it to his lunch box in next week on his birthday.. He will surely be excited. Thanks for the right recipe at the exact time. I have already booked all the ingredients from https://qusec.in/ and will do a trial run in this week and the final go will be next week. Thanks again!!
@pratima and @roshini, Updated now in the recipe. thanks for pointing out.
Hi Jeyashri, I tried your peanut rice recipe and it was great! Its super quick and easy, and perfect when there is have leftover rice. Thank you!
-Nandini