Peanut Rice | South-Indian Style Mixed Rice Recipe | Rice Mix Powder

Mixed Rice Recipe with Peanut Spice powder

Peanut Rice | South-Indian Style Mixed Rice Recipe | Rice Mix Powder

Peanut rice, a south-indian style spicy mixed rice recipe made with peanut spice powder and fluffy cooked rice. A delicious rice recipe, a perfect lunch box recipe.

Course Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine South-Indian

Keyword A quick mixed rice recipe, Easy mixed rice recipe, Kalandha saadham, Kalandha Sadham recipe, Mixed rice recipe, Peanut rice mix powder, Peanut rice recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 346kcal

Equipment

Indian style mixie or any heavy blender

Ingredients

2 cups Cooked basmati rice
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon salt or to taste

For the Spice powder

¾ cup peanuts
8 red chilies
½ teaspoon black peppercorns
2 tablespoon desiccated coconut
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
2 tablespoon sesame seeds
2 tablespoon urad dal
½ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
1 teaspoon salt

Tempering

1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon chana dal
1 teaspoon urad dal
a sprig of curry leaf
4-5 red chilies

Instructions

Cook Rice

I have used basmati rice to make this fluffy mixed rice with peanut spice powder. To cook basmati rice, wash and soak basmati in water for 15 minutes. Cook in open pot by adding twice amount of water. When the rice is done, strain the excess water and keep it aside until use.

Lets Make the Peanut Rice Mix Powder

Measure and keep all ingredients ready. In a pan, add 2 drops of oil, roast urad dal, coriander seeds and red chilies until dal turns golden brown. Remove the roasted ingredients to a flat plate.
In the same pan, add peanuts, sesame seeds, peppercorns. Roast until sesame seeds start popping.
To this now add desiccated coconut and black peppercorns and hing too. Let it sit in the hot pan for 2 minutes. Remove the roasted ingredients to the same plate.
Be watchful after adding dry coconut as it roasts quickly and adding it to hot pan, might burn it quickly. Overtly roasted ingredients might cause bitterness.
Let the roasted ingredients cool down well. Take all the ingredients together in a mixer jar, add salt and grind this to a powder. I prefer to grind it mildly coarse. It adds a nice texture to the mixed rice.
Remove the ground spice powder to a flat plate. Let it cool down well. Store the ground mix in an air tight container. This can be refrigerated and used later too.

Let us make Peanut Rice Mix Powder

Keep cooked rice ready in a flat plate. Let us first make tempering for this rice mix powder.
In a wide pan, heat oil given under 'tempering'. Once hot, splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chilies.
To this hot oil, add urad dal and chana dal. Roast until the dals turn golden brown.
To this hot tempering, add cooked rice and mix it well. Add 6-8 tablespoon of peanut rice mix powder and mix well.
Mix the rice and spice powder well. Check for salt and adjust accordingly.
Serve this delish peanut rice with rice crisps and a side of yogurt. This spice mix powder makes a great lunch box recipe.

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