Peanut Rice With Coconut Recipe
Make this simple no onion no garlic recipe for festival or even pack it for lunch. In this recipe, you just saute rice with peanuts and the basic masalas and your lunch is ready. It is simple to make and gets ready in no time.
Ingredients
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1-1/2 cup Basmati rice
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3 cups Water
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1 teaspoon Oil
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1 tablespoon Ghee
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1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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1 tablespoon Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)
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Salt
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to taste
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For powder
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1/2 cup Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)
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2 Dry Red Chillies
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2 teaspoons Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
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3 tablespoons Fresh coconut
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grated
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Peanut Rice recipe, cook rice along with a teaspoon of oil in a pressure cooker for two whistles so that the grains remains separate
Step 2
Cool completely
Step 3
Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add peanuts and dry roast them on a slow flame
Step 4
Keep asideIn the same pan, fry sesame seeds and dry chillies, keep aside
Step 5
Add grated coconut, fry till golden brown
Step 6
When everything is cool, grind sesame seeds, dry chillies, coconut into a fine powder and finally grind peanuts coarsely
Step 7
Add ghee to the pan, temper mustard seeds, cumin seeds and peanuts
Step 8
Reduce the flame, add cooked rice and prepared powder and salt
Step 9
Mix gently
Step 10
Add more ghee if required
Step 11
Your peanut rice is ready to serve
Step 12
Serve this Peanut Rice along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Or Makhana Raita for a simple and delicious meal