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Quick,  easy and healthy peanut rice can be a great dish to pack in your kids lunch box or hubby's lunch box. Can be made with left over rice or freshly cooked rice. Flavorful rice made with freshly ground spice powder. This recipe goes to the 3rd and final day of BM 78 for week 4, under the theme Kids Delight- Lunch Box recipes. This recipe is adapted from Home Cooking video from Facebook.Here goes the recipe........ Ingredients: Peanuts 3/4  cup Sesame seeds 2 spoons Dry coconut 2 spoons Udad dal 2 spoons Red chilies 4 Cocount oil 5 spoons Cooked rice 2 cups Curry leaves 20 Preparation: In a pan heat  2 spoons oil, and add  1/2 cup peanuts and saute for a minute. Now add sesame seeds, udad dal and dry red chilies. Saute till they turn light golden brown. Now add dry coconut and mix well. Switch of flame and let the mixture cool down. Blend the mixture to course or smooth powder. Now heat rest of the oil in the same pan, add some more peanuts and curry leaves. Saut...

                        Palli Putnalu Podi  or Peanut and Roasted Bengal gram spice powder is basically prepared in typical south Indian kitchen.  Usually served with idly, dosa, uttapam  etc. along with the regular coconut chutney or tomato chutney. Just dry roast all the ingredients and blend to fine or course powder. There are N number of spice powder to prepare. But for today am here with Peanut and Bengal Gram powder blended with roasted  cumin seeds, red chili and garlic.   I love to have this powder with hot steamed rice mixed with spicy mango pickle. Try it, you will love this spicy rice.                                      Ingredients: Peanuts 1 cup Roasted ...

Peanut Sauce or Satay Sauce is made with roasted and grounded peanuts. Widely used in Thai, Vietnam, Malaysian, Chinese and Indonesian Cuisines. Peanuts being the main ingredient, we also add soy sauce, chili paste and coconut milk to give the extra flavor to this sauce. Peanut sauce goes well with meat and vegetables. This sauce is usually served with grilled meat ( satay)  or veggies as a dipping sauce. Can be served with fried rolls or herbs wrapped in rice paper. Here goes the creamy peanut sauce recipe......                                      Ingredients:   Peanut Butter 1 cup Thai chili paste 2 spoons Soy sauce 1 1/2 spoon Sugar 1 spoon Coconut milk 1 cup Pinch of salt Cumin powder 1/4 spoon Garlic paste 1/4 spoon     Preparation:   Heat non stick pan and add garlic paste, chil...

Looking for some healthy and quick snack for kids? Tired of making the regular snacks for kids after school? Here is a healthy, crunchy and quick snack recipe for kids and grownup's too .  Peanuts are rich in nutrients, providing over 30 essential nutrients. Peanuts can be used in many ways. They are eaten raw and  used in recipes and also in medicines. Many recipes can be made with these peanuts like peanut butter, peanut candy, peanut butter cookies, and also used in making snack bars. Not only as nuts, peanut oil is also used in cooking. For week 4, day 1 of BM 36, am here with  Oven baked - masala peanuts. Perfect for evening snack or after school snack. These crunchy peanuts are perfect for rainy day with some hot masala tea or to munch while watching a movie. Here goes the recipe.... We need: Peanuts  1 cup Gram flour 3/4 to 1 cup Haldi / Turmeric 1/4 spoon Chili powder 1 spoon Curry leaves 10 Salt to taste Oil 3 to 4 spoons Hing / Asafetida 1 pinch Water ...