Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, Peanut Rice Recipe - Lunch box recipe is a vegetarian south indian rice made with peanut, chana dal, and urad dal in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
For masala powder:
- 3 tbsp peanut
- 2 tsp chana dal
- 2 tsp urad dal
- 2 tbsp sesame
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 5 dried red chilli
- 2 tbsp coconut
For rice:
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp peanut
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp urad dal
- ½ tsp chana dal
- pinch hing
- 2 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp cashew
- 4 cup cooked rice
- 1½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Method
- Firstly, in a pan, roast 3 tbsp peanuts on a low flame till they turn crunchy.
- Also, add 2 tsp chana dal, 2 tsp urad dal, 2 tbsp sesame, ½ tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander seeds and roast till the spices turn aromatic.
- Further add 5 dried red chilli, 2 tbsp coconut and continue to dry roast.
- Cool completely, and grind to a fine powder. Keep aside.
- In a kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil and roast 2 tbsp peanuts.
- Add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp cumin, 1 tsp urad dal, ½ tsp chana dal, pinch hing, 2 dried red chilli and a few curry leaves. Splutter the tempering.
- Add ½ tsp turmeric, 2 tbsp cashew and saute slightly.
- Now add 4 cup cooked rice, prepared masala powder, 1½ tsp salt. Mix well, making sure all the masalas are well combined.
- Further add 2 tbsp coriander and 2 tbsp lemon juice. Mix gently.
- Finally, enjoy Peanut Rice Recipe with Raita.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
