Ghee Rice Recipe | Ney Choru Recipe

Ghee Rice

 Ingredients :

  for rice

• biryani rice - 2 cups 
• spices - 4 cloves, 2" cinnamon, 4 cardamom, small piece of mace
• ghee - 2 tbs
• salt as needed
• lemon juice - 1tbs
• sliced onion - 1/4 cup
• water - 3.5 cups

 for garnishing

• sliced onion - 1 cup
• cashews - 1/4 cup /50g
• raisins - 2tbs /25g
• carrot chopped - 2tbs
• green chilly - 3

 Method

  step 1 : prepare garnishing items

• fry thinly sliced onion, little by little, until golden (you can add a pinch of sugar for an additional crispiness). Once they are done drain and keep aside.
• fry cashews until golden
• fry raisins until puffy
• fry carrot for 2 minutes
• fry chilly for 10 seconds

 step 2 : prepare rice

• heat up 2 tbs ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel
• saute the spices for 1 minutes
• saute 1/4 cup of sliced onion until translucent
• add in washed and drained rice and stir for 2 minutes
• now add 3.5 cups of boiling water
• add in salt and lemon juice
• mix well
• once starts to boil, cover and cook on low flame until the entire water get absorbed.It may take 7-9 minutes
• stir gently in between
• when it is done, sprinkle some ghee on top and cook on lowest heat for another 3- 5 minutes
• now, turn off the flame and open the lid after 10 minutes
• mix the fried items with the rice
• serve the hot aromatic delicious rice with your favourite curry
• chicken curry, mutton curry, beef curry, egg roast etc.goes well with this rice

Notes:

• I used jeerakasala rice for this recipe.Soaking is not required for this rice
• You can use basmati rice as well. The water quantity and cooking time may vary depending on the type of rice.