Pepper Rice is a delicious and spicy traditional South Indian rice recipe. In India, all the simple sauteed rice recipes are commonly called, variety rice. So pepper rice is one among the variety rice recipes. Variety rice recipes are popular because it is so easy to prepare and also easy to pack for long journeys. If the boiled rice is ready then we need hardly ten minutes to make this rice. I usually serve pepper rice with potato paal curry or seppankizhangu fry or potato chips. Any mild semi gravy side dish would be a perfect side dish for this rice.
The ingredients for pepper rice are very less and basic. To make the recipe flavorsome please use good quality ingredients like basmati rice(or any long-grain rice), gingelly oil(Indian sesame oil) and freshly ground black pepper powder.
Checkout my favorite products here.
Ingredients:
- 6 tbsp of sesame oil
- 2-short dry red chili
- 15-curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp urad dhal
- 2 tsp ghee(optional)
- 1.5 tsp of salt(adjust to taste)
- 2 tbsp of grated coconut(optional)
- 1 – red onion- chopped
- 1 – tbsp cashew nuts-chopped
- 4 – big garlic pods-(whole or chopped)
- 1 – cup raw basmati rice, pre-cooked
Pepper rice Powder:
- 2 tbsp of whole black pepper
- 2 tsp of black sesame seeds
Procedure:
Step 1: Pepper rice Powder:
- In a blender, add the whole black pepper and black sesame seeds, and grind to a fine powder. Keep the pepper powder aside.
Step 2:
- In a flat and wide bottom pan heat required oil and when the oil is nice and hot, add the mustard seeds, urad dhal, short red chilis,cashews and, garlic pods. Fry the whole spices until cashews are golden.
- Add the garlic pods and fry for few seconds and then add the onion and curry leaves. Saute the onion until golden.
- Once the onion has become golden, add some salt and required pepper rice powder( 2 to 3 tbsp for 1 cup of raw basmati rice, pre-cooked). Mix the spices powder for a second and turn off the stove.
- Add the pre-cooked to the pan, basmati rice and, gently mix the rice with the spices. Make sure each grain of rice is well coated with spices.
- Pour a little ghee and finely grated coconut and again mix well.
Serve the rice with papad/potato paal curry/seppankizhangu fry.
