Peanut Sesame Rice

This dish is an easy, flavorful variety rice. Ideal for days when you don't want to whip up anything elaborate or need a break from the usual routine. S loves peanuts so this dish is something, he doesn't mind for his lunch.. So both of us are happy, me bcoz i get more time for my beauty sleep ;)

Ingredients
1. Roasted Peanuts - 1/4 cup
2. Sesame seeds - 1/4 cup
3. Onions - 1/2 cup
4. Green Chillies - 2
5. Curry Leaves - a sprig
6. Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
7. Oil - 1-2 tsp
8. Rice - 1 cup
9.Salt - to taste


To Roast & Grind
1. Cloves - 2
2.Cinnamon - 1inch
3. Khus-Khus - 2 tsp
4. Saunf/Fennel seeds - 2 tsp

5. Cardamom/ Elaichi - 1


Wet Mixture
1. Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
2. Coriander-cumin powder - 1tsp
3. Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
4. Garam Masala powder - 1/2tsp
5.Water - little


Preparation Time!!
1a. Soak rice for 30 minutes. Then drain the water and pressure cook it for 3 whistles, with 1.5 cup water
1b. Once done, cool it in a large bowl & drizzle oil on it

1c. Dry roast the sesame seeds till light brown & keep aside. Do the same with peanuts too (i had roasted deskinned peanuts)

1d. Powder the peanuts semi-coarsely & powder the sesame seeds separately and keep all these aside

2a. Take a drop of oil in a pan. Once warm, add the ingredients mentioned in the 'To Roast & Grind' table and sauté till light brown. Remove & cool it
2b. Once cooled, blend to powder and keep aside


3a. Take a pan, add oil. Once warm, add onions ( slit lengthwise). Add curry leaves,green chillies(chopped small), garlic- ginger paste and sauté till onions turn light brown
3b. To this add the roasted & grounded powder (2b) and mix well. Then add the wet mixture ( just take very little water about 2tbsp & mix the spice powders) to the pan and mix well. Saute for 4-5 minutes, till the raw smell of spice powders go. Take off the flame!


4a. The rice would have cooled (wait till it cools completely!).Add the onion mixture, peanut & sesame powder, salt to rice & mix well


I served these with potato pepper chips :) (love kettle ones).. Potato raitha is a great combo for this too, if you plan to avoid chips :D..

Sending this to Gayatri's 'Walk through Memory Lane' hosted by Roshan