Ingredients
- Cooked rice – 2 cups
- Sesame oil
To grind
- Black/White sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
- Urad dal – 1 tbsp
- Chana dal – 1 tbsp
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Pepper – 1/4 tsp
- Dry red chillies – adjust to taste
- Roasted peanuts – 1 tsp
To temper
- Sesame oil – 1 + 1/2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Chana dal – 1 tbsp
- Urad dal – 1 tbsp
- Roasted peanuts – a handful
- Cashews – 6
- Curry leaves – a few
- Asafoetida – a generous pinch
- Dry red chillies – 2
- Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
Instructions
- Spread the cooked rice in a wide pan. Add a few drops of sesame oil and gently mix. Let it cool a bit
- ️ Dry roast all the ingredients listed under “To grind” until aromatic. Cool and grind to a coarse powder
- ️Heat sesame oil in a pan
- Add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, peanuts, cashews, red chillies; Fry till golden
- ️Furthermore, add curry leaves, asafoetida, and pepper powder, and mix well
- ️Add this tempering to the rice
- Furthermore, add the sesame powder little by little, mixing gently until it suits your taste
- ️ Add salt and mix well
- ️ Let it rest for a few hours. It tastes even better after resting
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