Ghee Rice Recipe:
Rice is a staple nourishment in south India and there are different recipes which either calls for coordinate utilize of rice or in its a few other frame like flour, etc. Be that as it may, among all rice recipes, ghee rice is best recipe due to its straightforward arrangement and brilliant exceptional taste. This recipe is not fair approximately blend ghee in steamed rice but for planning more delightful steamed rice wherein crude rice grains, nuts and flavoring flavors are sautéed in ghee some time recently cooking them in a pressure cooker. The utilize of cardamom, bay leaf, black peppercorns and cloves essentially makes it stand out from others.
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves:4 servings
Ingredients:
| 1 cup Basmati Rice (long grain rice) |
| 1 medium Onion, finely chopped |
| 1 small Cinnamon stick |
| 2-3 Cloves |
| 1 Green Cardamom |
| 1/2 teaspoon Black Peppercorns |
| 1 small Bay Leaf |
| 4-5 Cashew Nuts |
| 3-4 Raisins |
| 1 teaspoon smashed Ginger-Garlic |
| 1 Green chilli, finely chopped |
| 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter) |
| 2 cups Water |
| Salt |
Directions:
1. Wash rice grains 2-3 times in water to evacuate overabundance starch. Drench them for 20 minutes. Washing them will moreover prevent them from getting to be sticky while cooking. After 20 minutes, deplete the doused rice.
2. Warm ghee in a pressure cooker (approx.3-5 liter capacity steel/aluminum cooker). Include cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, black peppercorns, a piece of inlet leaf, and sauté for a few seconds.
3. Include chopped onion and sauté until it turns light brown.
4. Include cashew nuts, raisins, pulverized ginger-garlic, and chopped green chillies and sauté moo fire for a minute.
5. Include depleted rice in a pressure cooker and stir-fry for a minute.
6. Include salt to taste and 2 cups water. Blend them legitimately and near the top. Pressure cook on moo fire for 2 whistles.
7. Turn off the fire and let pressure come down normally. It will take approx. 5-8 minutes to come down. Open the cover carefully and cushion the rice with a fork to partition the rice grain.
8. Exchange it to a serving bowl and serve.
Tips and Variations:
- In this recipe, a steel pressure cooker with a 3-litre capacity is utilized. If you need to utilize an aluminum pressure cooker at that point pressure cook it on medium flame.
- If you do not have a pressure cooker at that point cook it in a pan. Include the same sum of water and cover it with a top while cooking for around 10-12 minutes.
- You can get ready it in more amounts by basically utilizing rice and water in 1:2 proportion (i.e. for each 1 cup of rice utilize 2 cups water).
- Add few drops of lemon after including water to make isolated cooked rice grains.
Taste: Very mild spicy with a nice aroma of ghee.
Serving Ideas: Enjoy South Indian ghee rice with curd. It is more scrumptious and sense of taste fulfilling when served with pickle, Dal and tomato chutney.