Pepper Rice

Ingredients:

Rice                   -  2 cups (Cooked)
Pepper               -  2 table spoons
Red chili             -  1 no
Black gram dal   -  1 table spoon
Asafoitida           -  1 pinch
Ghee                   -  3 table spoons
Curry leaves         - a few leaves

For Garnishing:

(Mustard seeds     -  1 table spoon
Black gram dal     -  1 tea spoon
Bengal gram dal    -  1 tea spoon)
Salt to taste

1.  Cook rice and add  1 table spoon of ghee and mix nicely.
2.  Heat 1/2 tea spoon of ghee in a kadai and add pepper, red chili and black gram dal and fry till light brown.
3.  After it cools grind it coarsely.
4.  Now heat the balance ghee and add the garnishing items.
5.  Once they turn golden brown add the curry leaves.(You can also use cashew nuts)
6.  Now add the powder, salt and asafoitida and the garnish to the rice and mix thoroughly.
7.  Pepper rice ready.
8.  It tastes good along with Tomato pachchadi and papad.