Milagu Sadham | Pepper Flavored Rice for CCC

I have already mentioned in several posts that I love flavored rice varieties. So when it was time to make a dish for the Srivalli’s Cooking with Cookbook Challenge, I chose this from one of the supplements- Rice varieties that came with the Tamil Magazine – Snegidhi.I have another version of pepper flavored rice but this is a bit different

I made a few changes to the dish to suit my taste. I paired with with a khadi and it was a nice combo.

I used:

Rice- 1/2 cup
Urad dhal-1 tablespoon
Gram dhal-1 tablespoon
Peppercorns – 11/2 tablespoons
Groundnuts, roasted- a fistful
Curry leaves- a few
Mustard- 1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds- 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida- a large pinch
Ghee- 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste

1.Cook rice so that the grains are separate. Heat a pan and roast pepper corns, urad dhal and channa dal till the dal turns light brown.Cool and powder.

2.Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard, cumin, curry leaves, asafoetida and groundnuts. When the mustard crackles, add the powder[see note below], salt and mix well. Cook on low flame for a few minutes for the flavors to blend. Remove from heat and serve.

Note :

While adding the spice powder, add half the quantity ,do a taste test and add more to suit your taste.
This can be served with a khadi / plain yogurt/ raita and pappad / any crispies of your choice.
Ghee is used here for the seasoning. It mellows down the peppery flavor. If you don’t like ghee you can use sesame oil / sunflower oil.

This post is for the Cookbook Challenge of the month….

Bon Appetit…

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12 thoughts on “Milagu Sadham | Pepper Flavored Rice for CCC”

hello Padmaja…sure it is one loadfully flavoured rice..soo very tempting.
Had been away from blogs for sometime. So, just catching up with most of you. Hope you doing good. Keep in touch..