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I have been checking my blog for a while and found out that I have not posted any rice dishes for a while..So thought of posting a basic rice which travels from kerala straight to my blog…
This is a simple rice dish that is perfect with any chicken curry…I flavoured the rice with cinnamon and cardamom(which is my favorite)…
I also added some coconut milk in this which gave a nice taste and aroma to this dish..And ofcourse keralan dishes should have some form of coconut in it..
I served this dish with Chicken Tikka Masala(Recipe soon)…
There you go for the recipe
Ingrediants:
Basmati rice-2 cup
Onion-1 chopped
Green chilli-3
Ginger-1 tblspn minced
Garlic-1 tblspn minced
Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece
Cardamom / Yelakai-5
Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Ghee / Clarified Butter / Butter-3 tblspn
Coconut milk-1 cup
Coriander leaves/Cilantro-for garnishing
Saffron colour as needed
Method:
Soak Rice for 30 mins..Drain it and set aside…
Heat ghee or butter in a heavy bottomed pan..
Add cinnamon,cumin seeds,cardamom and mix well.
Add in ginger and garlic…Fry this for 1 min.
Add in onions and green chilli and cook till golden brown..Season with salt…
Add in rice and mix well..Pour in the coconut milk and 3 cups of water and bring this to boil..
Add in saffron colour and mix well…
Cover and simmer for 15 mins or untill all water is absorbed..
Fluff it with fork…Garnish with cilantro..
Serve with your favorite curry..
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingrediants |
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| Crackle cinnamon,cardamom,cumin seeds in ghee |
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| add in ginger and garlic… |
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| add in onions |
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| and your green chilli |
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| add some salt too… |
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| Cook till golden brown… |
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| add in rice |
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| mix well…. |
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| Take your coconut milk ( I used coconut milk powder which is dissolved in 4 cups of warm water) |
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| Pour that in |
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| add in saffron colour…. |
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| bring this to boil |
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| cover and simmer |
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| till the rice is cooked and all water has absorbed… |
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| throw in a handful of cilantro |
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| mix well |
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| Serve…. |
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| I know you all are looking at that chicken dish…That is none other than Chicken Tikka Masala…Recipe coming soon… |
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| I had a perfect lunch…I know you can understand that… |
Spread the Joy!
Nice clicks.. looks too good..
very flavourful rice, i can get the aroma here..
I still remember when I made first time Gee;) It suits rice so well;)
GOSTEI DESSE ARROZ, ACHEI INTERESSANTE LEVAR CANELA.
O ASPECTO FICOU BEM DELICIOSO.
BOM FIM DE SEMANA
BJS
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Laxmi Thanks dear
Sobha Yes it is dear…
Dzoli…Yes homemade ghee taste and smells great in this recipe…
são33 Thankyou so much for your comment
Archana I am happy that I did….
Hi Aarthi, I am so greatful for your recipes,it has brought a big change in my kitchen.I enjoy cooking and seving new recipes to my family. Thanks to your pictorial details.Keep cooking and posting interesting recipes forever.Awesome treat I am loving it. Carol :))
I tried this ghee rice n it tasted so nice.thanks Aarthi..
Lovely! I never knew you could use coconut milk for.this. always made mine without the milk.
Superb dish.
Pictorial presentation is excellent
U r gr8
Hi, plz suggest 4 cups of water for 2cups of basmati rice will not make the rice mushy.,
@AnonymousNo it wont, since u are cooking in a pot. If u use pressure cooker, use 1.5 cup of water for 1 cup rice
Thanx Aarthi…. Your recipes are amazing… I tried the ghee rice today.. My husband loved it..
thanx.superb recipe
You have been a life saver. Have tried some of your recipes many times. For this ghee rice can I know how many spoons of coconut powder were used in that 4 cypa of water. Also does this serve 4 moderately eating people. Thanks a lot.
@Anonymousthe coconut milk has to be thick. so use atleast 3 to 4 tblspn for 1 cup
Hi Aarathi,i prepared this ghee rice today for dinner. It came out very well. All of my family members liked it.Thanks a lot.
Dear I always confused with the amount of water and milk while making ghee or Briyani rice…..ended either quite dry or over wet rice. Can you help to clear this for me please?