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Ghee Rice

Ghee Rice is a flavourful, appetizing meal made by cooking rice with ghee, aromatic spices, onion, green chillies and finally garnished with fried onion, cashews and raisins. Ghee Rice is an easy to make one pot meal and is relished as a wholesome meal or with a gravy or kurma.  Ghee Rice Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures and video.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings4
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 tablespoon ghee
  • one 1 inch cinnamon
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 cardamom
  • a small piece mace
  • 1 star anise
  • a heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  • 2 green chillies
  • 1 medium sized onion sliced
  • coriander leaves to garnish

For frying

  • 1 tablespoon ghee
  • 1/3 cup onion sliced
  • around 15 cashews
  • around 15 raisins

Instructions

  • Soak 1 cup basmati rice in water for 30 mins, set aside. After 30 mins rinse it well atleast twice then drain water and set aside.
  • To a pan add 1 tablespoon ghee add around 15 whole cashews. Fry until golden brown, remove and set aside.
  • Add 15 raisins fry until golden brown remove and set aside.
  • Cashews and raisins are fried and ready, set aside.
  • Add 1/3 cup sliced onion.
  • Fry until nicely browned. Set it aside.
  • Heat 3 tablespoon ghee.
  • Add 1 small bayleaf, one 1 inch cinnamon, 2 cloves, 2 cardamom, 1 staranise, a small piece mace.
  • Add 1 heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste.
  • Saute for a minute.
  • Add 2 green chillies, a medium sized onion sliced along with required salt.
  • Saute until onions turn golden.
  • Add soaked, drained rice.
  • Give a quick saute.
  • Add 1.75 to 2 cups of water. I added 1.75 cups of water. Check and adjust salt at this stage. When you taste the water it should salty only then for rice salt level would be perfect.
  • Close with lid, put on whistle and pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium high flame. Switch off and let pressure release by itself.
  • Add fried cashews, raisins, fried onions and garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Gently fluff the rice. Mix it gently without breaking the rice.
  • Ghee rice is ready!

Video

Notes

  • Soak the rice in water for minimum 30 minutes, rinse it well and strain and set aside. Rinse well until not so starchy.
  • Soaking avoids sticking and breaking of rice while cooking. Soaking and cooking gives soft and fluffy rice.
  • I usually use 1 rice :1.75 water ratio but 1:2 also works great but soaking is must.
  • Don’t skip nuts and fried onion and add it only at the last stage after rice is cooked.
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