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ghee rice recipe | pan fry ghee rice recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. ghee rice is most easiest and flavourful rice recipe of indian cuisine. ghee rice

ghee rice recipe | pan fry ghee rice recipe with step by step photo and video recipe. in south canara, ghee rice recipe is specifically prepared on a big occasions and festivals. this rice recipe is served with veg saagu or veg koorma. ghee rice can served by itself without any curries, as this rice recipe is prepared with several whole indian spices. the crunchy bites of cashews makes ghee rice more interesting.

in my hometown, ghee rice is popular rice recipe, especially in the konkani community. this is a must dish in their banquet for any big occasions. i have lot my friends from konkani community and whenever, they invite for a feast, i would never miss a chance to attend it. i should admit that, i developed the taste for ghee rice from such feasts. furthermore, i asked my mom to learn and prepare me for my lunch box. i usually like to enjoy my ghee rice hot with onion-tomato raita.

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ghee rice is also known as nei choru in kerala. this is also termed as malabar special rice recipe and it is often served with non-veg curries in kerala. however, in some part of the malabar, it is also served with dal fry as well. i personally like this recipe with veg saagu which is topped with lots of cashews. furthermore,  i used to have hot steamed rice mixed with ghee and salt when i was kid. moreover, my mom used to always say, it was easy to feed me anything by adding a doloup of ghee over it.

i have posted several other dinner recipes or lunch recipes in my blog. i have collection of rice recipes, especially, palak ricecarrot ricejeera rice recipetawa pulao recipeveg fried ricebisi bele bath, coconut pulaopuliyogarecapsicum ricetomato rice, pudina pulaomushroom pulao, sambar ricecoriander rice, lemon rice, curd rice, pudina pulao, tomato rice recipes.

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easy ghee rice recipe | pan fry ghee rice recipe | nei choru recipe
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 1 cup basmati rice, cooked
  • ¾ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
  • 1 bay leaf / tej patta
  • 2 cardamom / elachi
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 inch cinammon stick
  • 15 black pepper, whole
  • 15 cashews, whole / cut
  • ¼ onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • ½ inch ginger, finely chopped
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • in wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee.
  • once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera.
  • also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinammon stick and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
  • now add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
  • once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears.
  • finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
  • mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
  • serve ghee rice with raita, saagu or as it is.

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ghee rice recipe | pan fry ghee rice recipe | nei choru step by step photo recipe:

  1. firstly, in wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee. ghee rice
  2. once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera. ghee rice
  3. also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinammon stick and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
    ghee rice
  4. furthermore, add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown. pan fry ghee rice
  5. once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears. pan fry ghee rice
  6. finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste. pan fry ghee rice
  7. also mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute. nei choru
  8. finally, serve ghee rice with raita, saagu or as it is. ghee rice

notes:

  • firstly, garnish with few coriander leaves for more flavour.
  • also do not over cook the rice as it may turn sticky when you saute.
  • alternatively, to have more flavour, cook the rice in ghee tempering with 1:2 water ratio.
  • furthermore, ghee rice is best for kids lunch box.
  • finally, add some raisins if you like slight sweet flavour in ghee rice.

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