Pepper Rice

Ingredients:

Pepper – 1½ teaspoons

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Red chillies - 1

Sesame seeds (black) – 1½ teaspoons

Curry leaves – 10

Cooked rice – 2 cups (cooked to separate grains)

Sesame oil – 3 teaspoons

Hing – ¼ teaspoon

Roasted peanuts - a handful

Method:

1. Dry roast in a pan pepper, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, red chillies, curry leaves.
2. Allow roasted mixture to cool & grind to powder.
3. Add sesame oil, ground powder, peanuts to rice & mix well with a fork. (This would avoid the rice becoming mushy)
4. Serve with papad or any crispy.