Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, Peanut Rice Recipe is a South Indian main made with simple everyday ingredients in about 30 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: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups rice ((regular or basmati))
  • ¼ cup peanuts (or 4tbsp)
  • 1 ½ tbsp chana dal
  • 1 tbsp urad dal
  • 1 garlic clove (chopped)
  • 2 to 3 sprigs curry leaves
  • 2 to 3 red chilies ((adjust to suit your taste))
  • ½ to ¾ tsp cumin (/ jeera)
  • 1 tbsp desiccated coconut (or sesame seeds (optional))
  • 2 tbsps oil ((sesame, olive oil or coconut oil))

Method

Preparation

  1. Wash and soak rice for sometime. Cook it without making mushy. Spread it on a plate and cool completely.
  2. While the rice cooks, roast the dals on a medium to low flame until golden. Set them aside.
  3. Roast peanuts and garlic until half done. Add curry leaves and red chilies. Continue to roast until the peanuts are roasted well and the curry leaves turn crisp.
  4. Add coconut or sesame seeds if using along with cumin. Saute for a min. Switch off and cool completely.
  5. Powder chana dal and urad dal finely. Add peanuts and other roasted ingredients. Powder finely or coarsely as per your liking.

How to Make Peanut Rice

  1. Method 1: Heat oil in a pan, add half tsp mustard seeds, 1 broken red chili and hing. When they splutter, add the powder and salt. Switch off. Add the cooled rice and mix.
  2. Method 2:Sprinkle the powder over the cooled rice along wit salt & oil. Mix well.
  3. Serve peanut rice with vegetable salad or a stir fry.

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.