Quick Pepper Rice Recipe with Leftover Rice

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Make this quick and easy pepper rice with cooked rice, crunchy peanuts, almonds, and freshly ground black pepper. A comforting lunch-box recipe ready in minutes.

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Pepper Rice - Warm hug in a bowl

When the weather changes, it brings the usual round of colds and sniffles. My elder one, was feeling a bit under the weather last week and with his busy college routine, he wasn't in the mood for anything heavy.

I was planning to redo my decade old blog post pepper rice which i made with brown rice, his want of something warm, comforting to give a good kick to his sinuses, gave me that extra dose of enthusiam much needed for me to redo this recipe.

This quick and easy pepper rice, is simpel to make, all you need is a bowl of leftover rice, and it gets done in 15 minutes. The freshly ground black pepper, toasted peanuts and almonds, made it warm and comforting , just the thing to lift your dull and dreary cold hit mood.

If you are planning to make it for dinner, just pair it with a hearty subzi like bhindi masala, vegetable kalwan, or sweet potato fry like i did.

Hands down, this is one of the easiest meals you can make in minutes, that not only looks tempting, but tastes like a warm hug in a bowl, especially when you're under the weather.

More Such Easy Recipes

Freshly ground black pepper gives this rice its warm, slightly spicy flavor. If you enjoy comforting recipes made with pepper, try my milagu rasam or this quick pepper poha. For another colorful lunch-box option, you may also like this capsicum rice.

If you're looking for more easy mixed-rice ideas, my peanut rice and ginger and garlic rice are both made the same quick way. And if you love pepper, my milagu rasam is another warm hug for those under-the-weather days.

Ingredients for Easy Pepper Rice

• Leftover rice, you can also make it with fresh rice. I made this recipe with leftover rice.
• Black pepper, hero of our recipe
• Tempering Ingredients, Indian tadka staples, mustard seeds,curry leaves, asafoetida/hing, urad dal and chana dal for the crunch. I have used 2 red chilies too.

• Other crunchy elements, almonds and peanuts. Though completely optional, i would definitely recommend if you dont ahve any allergies. Since the rice is made with dry spice powder all these crunchy elements add texture to the rice.
• Garnish, i have used fresh coriander leaves, you can also add some fresh mint .

How to make South indian Pepper Rice

• Keep all ingredients ready on the counter. This recipe literally takes 15 minutes.
• In a small tadka pan, add 1 teaspoon of ghee, add black pepper and fry it until aromatic. The pepper would start to burst a bit. Remove it from the heat.
• Pound the roasted pepper in a mortar and pestle and keep it aside until use.
• In a kadai or a wide pan. Add gingely oil, when hot, Add the entire tadka ingredients all together. Mustard seeds, red chilies, curry leaves urad dal, chana dal, peanuts and almonds.

• When the peanuts starts to crisp up and dal start to turn golden brown, add hing and mix well. Reduce the flame to the simmest possible.
• Add the cooked rice, mix well with the tempering. Now add the freshly pounded black pepper and salt. Mix well.
• Finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves and add 1 tablespoon ghee mix well. Serve it hot with side of your choice.

Possible questions?