Peanut Rice Recipe / Verkadalai Sadam

Ingredients for peanut rice recipe

Preparatione Time: 15 mins  Cooking Time:10 mins Serves:2

  To Grind

1/2 Cup of Roasted Peanuts
Pinch of Asafoetida
2 Tsp of Urad Dal
1/2 Tsp of Sesame Seeds
2 Tsp of Dried Coconut Flakes
3 Red Chillies
Salt to taste
2 Tsp of Sesame Oil / Ghee

To Temper

1 Tbsp of Sesame Oil / Ghee
1 Tsp of Mustard
1 Tsp of Urad Dal
1/4 Tsp of Cumin
Few Curry Leaves
1/4 Cup of Chopped Onion

Other Ingredients

2/3 Cup of Rice

Method for peanut rice recipe

• Soak the rice for 20 mins, wash the rice and cook it in pressure cooker by adding required water for 3 whistles. once it done, turn off the stove. Let it cooled down for 15 mins.
• Heat a pan with oil, roast the sesame seeds, red chillies, urad dal, coconut flakes, asafoetida and salt, fry till it turns golden brown. Let it cooled down for sometime.
• Grind all the roasted items and roasted peanuts into a coarse powder.
• Heat a pan with oil and temper it with mustard, urad dal, cumin and curry leaves, after they splutter, add onion, fry until golden brown and turn off the stove.
• Take a wide bowl, add cooked rice, roasted, ground powder and tempering items. Mix gently.
• Enjoy peanut rice with vadam, chips or any spicy vegetable fry.

Tips

• While mixing don’t add hot rice, because it can make the rice soggy.
• You can add green chillies while tempering, for more spicy taste.
• Adding onion is optional.
• Do not grind peanuts for a long time, it should be coarse.

    Health Benefits of Peanut Rice

• Helps to promote fertilty because of folate in it.
• Rich in protein and fiber.
• Aids in blood sugar regulation because of unsaturated fat in it.
• Helps to prevent gall stones
• Boost memory power
• Lower risk of heart disease.
• Cancer protection.