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Malabar Ghee Rice

September 16, 2011 By Aarthi 18 Comments

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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:
Take all your ingrediants
Crackle cinnamon,cardamom,cumin seeds in ghee
add in ginger and garlic…
add in onions
and your green chilli
add some salt too…
Cook till golden brown…
add in rice
mix well….
Take your coconut milk ( I used coconut milk powder which is dissolved in 4 cups of warm water)
Pour that in
add in saffron colour….
bring this to boil
cover and simmer
till the rice is cooked and all water has absorbed…
throw in a handful of cilantro
mix well
Serve….
I know you all are looking at that chicken dish…That is none other than Chicken Tikka Masala…Recipe coming soon…
I had a perfect lunch…I know you can understand that…
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Filed Under: Coconut Milk, Ghee, Kerala, Lunch Box, Lunch Box Ideas, Recent Recipes, Rice, Variety Rice Mixes

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Laxmi

    September 16, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Nice clicks.. looks too good..

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  2. Sobha Shyam

    September 16, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    very flavourful rice, i can get the aroma here..

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  3. Dzoli

    September 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    I still remember when I made first time Gee;) It suits rice so well;)

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  4. são33

    September 16, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    GOSTEI DESSE ARROZ, ACHEI INTERESSANTE LEVAR CANELA.
    O ASPECTO FICOU BEM DELICIOSO.
    BOM FIM DE SEMANA
    BJS

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  5. Archana

    September 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    wow! you certainly make me drool and hungry too. Beautiful.

    Do check out my event and send me your entries.

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  6. Aarthi

    September 18, 2011 at 4:58 am

    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….

    Reply
  7. Carol mckenzie

    June 15, 2013 at 1:20 am

    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 :))

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  8. Asha

    August 26, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    I tried this ghee rice n it tasted so nice.thanks Aarthi..

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  9. BeeRay

    October 26, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    Lovely! I never knew you could use coconut milk for.this. always made mine without the milk.

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  10. Anonymous

    January 21, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Superb dish.
    Pictorial presentation is excellent
    U r gr8

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  11. Anonymous

    March 9, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Hi, plz suggest 4 cups of water for 2cups of basmati rice will not make the rice mushy.,

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  12. Aarthi

    March 10, 2015 at 9:39 am

    @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

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  13. Anonymous

    May 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    Thanx Aarthi…. Your recipes are amazing… I tried the ghee rice today.. My husband loved it..

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  14. Anonymous

    June 2, 2015 at 8:26 am

    thanx.superb recipe

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  15. Anonymous

    July 24, 2015 at 3:00 am

    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.

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  16. Aarthi

    July 25, 2015 at 4:36 am

    @Anonymousthe coconut milk has to be thick. so use atleast 3 to 4 tblspn for 1 cup

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  17. Anonymous

    October 14, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    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.

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  18. Manimala

    August 13, 2017 at 6:53 am

    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?

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