Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice
4 cups water
1 medium sliced onion
4-5 tbsp ghee
4 small pieces of cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
3 cardamom
2 bay leaves
salt
For Garnishing:
1 medium thinly sliced onion
few raisins and cashews
Preparation:
- Soak the rice in water for 15-20 minutes. Wash and drain the rice and keep aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and fry cashews and raisins and keep aside. Add 1 thinly sliced onion and fry until brown and keep aside for garnishing.
- Add remaining ghee in the pan, add cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves and saute for 2 minutes. Then add 1 sliced onion and saute until transparent.
- Add the drained rice to the pan and fry for 3-5 minutes.
- Add water along with salt to the pan, mix well and allow it to boil.
- Then lower the heat, cover the pan and cook until the rice is cooked.
- Switch off and keep the rice covered for few minutes before serving.
- Garnish with fried onions, cashews and raisins and serve hot with chicken or mutton curry….
Sending to Kerala Kitchen Event hosted by Julie @ Erivum Puliyum
would love to try chicken curry with ghee rice 🙂
I would opt to eat this with mutton curry! Nice!
Anytime, any place, with anything. Nice flavour packed rice
Ghee rice looks so flavourful..
Oh my goodness…. can I please have that!
I can eat this rice anytime.. delicious
very flavorful and yummy rice….my favorite rice too 🙂
great one shabbu….i love this and it goes well with curries
yummy ghee rice…
Hi Shabbu ,
looks mild !!!
and tempting Shabbu 🙂 🙂
Keep on …
Very yummy and flavorful
Very flavor rich aromatic one!!
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1. The Kerala Kitchen(June'12)
2.EP Series-Basil OR Cardamom
very flavorful rice. Simple but tasty.
very flavorful and delicious rice…looks truly inviting!! good one dear!!
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looks yumtastic!!
My family loves this flavorful rice with curries.