Easy Peanuts & Sweet Rice

The peanuts with sweet rice dish is a popular breakfast in Vietnam. The peanuts with sweet rice dish does not just taste good but the peanuts are one of the oil seeds known as a healthy nut to humans. I grew up loving this dish. The crunchy, delicious peanuts with sweet rice dish with coconut topping is a fantastic way to start a day. Just a handful of peanuts per day will provide enough of the recommended amount of phenolic antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and protein. I am introducing an easy way to make peanuts with sweet rice using the crockpot to cook the peanuts, and the rice cooker to finish the job. Your loved one will forever love you when the first thing seen in the morning is the peanuts with sweet rice dish.

Ingredients:
1 cup raw peanut
1 cup water
1/4 tsp salt
Sweet rice ingredients:
1 cup sweet rice long or short
1 cup coconut milk*
1/2 tsp salt
Garnishes:
Coconut shredded
Roasted sweet- salty sesame seeds*

Directions:
Wash and drain the peanuts. Add water and salt into the crockpot. Cover and turn to low for overnight cooking. Drain the peanuts in the morning.

In the morning, Wash and drain the sweet rice in a colander. Mix rice well with the cooked peanuts. Place in the rice cooker. Add coconut milk and salt. Close the lid and turn to cook.

When the peanuts with sweet rice is done, it is time to serve.

Divide the sweet rice dish among your family. Top with shredded coconut and sprinkle with sweet-salty sesame seeds.

 

 

To make sweet-salty roasted sesame seeds:
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Dry pan- roast the sesame seeds (be careful not to burn the seeds). It takes about 10 minutes on low heat.
Place the roasted sesame seeds in the mini processor and blend (just enough to break the seeds but not to turn the seeds into paste). The amount of salt and sugar added are your taste.
Mix with sugar and salt. Roasted sesame seeds can be placed in a glass jar with lid and stay fresh for weeks.
*Water can be used for the recipe. I like to add coconut milk because it is healthy, and I do not have fresh shredded coconut for the topping.