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pepper rice

Pepper Rice

5 from 7 votes
Pepper rice makes a good lunch or dinner option. It can be served in the lunch box too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course: dinner ideas, lunch, lunch box
Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon bengal gram
  • 1 teaspoon urad dal
  • 2 green chilly
  • 1 onion finely cut
  • A few curry leaves
  • 2 teaspoon ground powder
  • Salt to taste
  • For the spice mix :
  • 1 tablespoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cumin

Method
 

  1. Make a coarse powder of pepper and cumin.
  2. Take oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, as it sputters, put bengal gram, urad dal to it. Allow it to cook for thirty seconds. Put green chilly, saute, stir in the onion and curry leaves. Let cook for sometime.
  3. Put two teaspoons of the ground mix to it.
  4. Add salt. Switch off the flame.
  5. Mix rice to it.
  6. Easy pepper rice is ready to serve.

Notes

A few cloves of garlic may be added in the seasoning.
The spice mix can be stored in a clean, air tight container.
Depending on the level of spiciness you need, adjust the quantity of the spice powder.