For cooking rice ▢ 1 cup rice ▢ 1.75 to 2 cups water or add as required ▢ ½ teaspoon salt or add as required For peanut powder or verkadalai podi ▢ ½ cup peanuts ▢ 1 tablespoon chana dal (split and husked bengal gram) ▢ 1 tablespoon urad dal (split and husked black gram) ▢ 3 dry red chilies – broken and seeds removed (can use byadagi or kashmiri red chilies) ▢ 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut ▢ ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ▢ 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds – optional For temper