Verkadalai Sadam is a perfect lunch box recipe for vegetarians. It is made of Peanuts/groundnuts hence packed with vegan protein. Totally, it takes only 5 minutes to prepare the verkadalai powder(peanut powder). If we have the cooked ready, then, the entire meal would be ready within 20 minutes. One thing the verkadalai sadam lack of is a fiber that’s why I choose to serve the verkadalai rice with vazhaithandu pachadi(raw banana stem in yogurt sauce). You can also serve the verkadalai sadam with beetroot pachadi, cucumber and carrot pachadi,vendaikka pachadi.
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Ingredients :
For Verkadalai Powder(Peanut powder):
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts(unsalted)/groundnuts
- 1 to 1.5 tbsp of dry roasted white sesame seeds
- 2 – long dry red chilies(dry roasted)
For the Verkadalai Sadam:
- 4 to 5 cups of cooked basmati rice or any long grain rice
- 1/4 cup of oil
- 2 tsp of ghee
- 1 tbsp of grated coconut
- 1/4 tsp of fenugreek powder
- 1/8 tsp of hing/asafoetida
- 1 to 1.5 tsp of salt(adjust to taste)
- a sprig of curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
Procedure:
1.Blend together the roasted peanuts, roasted sesame seeds and roasted red chili into a fine powder. Add the grated coconut and fenugreek powder to the peanut powder and keep it aside.
2. In a wide frying pan, heat some oil. Let the oil get nice and hot then, splutter the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add in the Asafoetida powder.
3. Add in the peanut powder to the hot oil then, turn off the stove. Keep the pan on the stove and mix the peanut powder for a second. Add in the required salt, some ghee and mix well.
4. Finally, gently mix the cooked rice and the peanut Powder until every piece of rice is coated with peanut powder.
I usually serve the peanut rice /verkadalai sadam with pachadi and potato roast/seppankizhangu roast.
