Ghee Rice Recipe

Ingredients for Ghee Rice Recipe

• Oil - ¼ cup
• Cardamom / Yelakai - 6 crushed
• Black Cumin Seeds / Shahi Jeera - 2 tsp
• Brinji ilai / Pandan Leaves - 2
• Basmati Rice - 2 cup
• Coconut Milk - 2 cups
• Water - 1.5 cup
• Salt to taste
• Green Chillies - 2 slit
• Onion - 2 large sliced thinly

How to make Ghee Rice Recipe

Preparing Rice

Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Grind all the ingredients to a smooth puree, set aside.

Seasoning 

Heat ¼ cup oil in a pressure cooker, add in cardamom, cumin and let them sizzle. Now add in drained rice and fry it for 6 to 7 mins till the rice is nicely toasted. Add in the ground masala and fry it for few mins so the masala is nicely coated with rice.

Cooking Ghee Rice

Now add in coconut milk, water, salt, green chillies and mix well. Bring it to a boil. simmer the flame, cook covered for 1 whistle, then put the pressure cooker over a tawa and let it cook on very low heat for 15 mins. 

Toppings for Ghee Rice

When the rice is cooking, make the topping. Heat oil for deep frying, add in cashews and fry till golden, now add in onions and fry till golden as well. Remove it and set aside.  Add in curry leaves and fry till golden, drain and set aside. Now add in coriander leaves and fry till golden, drain and set aside. Add in mint leaves and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.

Serving

Once the rice is cooked, open it and fluffy it lightly. Now spoon this in a large bowl and let it cool lightly, now add the fried things over the rice and fluff it up. Serve with any curries.

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INGREDIENTS 

• Seera Samba Rice - 1 cup
• Coconut Oil - 2 tblsp
• Ghee - 2 tblsp
• Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon / Pattai - 1
• Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
• Cloves / Krambu - 3
• Bay Leaf - 1
• Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
• Green Chillies - 3 to 4
• Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• Water - ½ cup

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Wash and soak seera samba rice for 30 mins.
• Heat oil in a cooker. Add whole spices.
• Add onions and chillies and saute till golden.
• Add in rice and mix well.
• Add coconut milk, water, salt, garam masala powder and mix well.
• Bring it to a boil and cook on a low heat for 15 mins.
• Take it off the heat and take it in a bowl.
• Add ghee and mix well
• Serve.

STEP BY STEP PICTURES

1)Take seera samba rice, wash it well and soak for 30 min.

2)Soak for 30 mins.

2)Take all your spices

3)Heat coconut oil in a pressure cooker

4)Add whole spices

5)Fry for a min.

8)Add onions

9)Add in green chillies. I used banana pepper, since i ran out of normal chillies

10)Saute them for 5 mins or so.

11)Add in rice.

12)Mix well.

13)Add in coconut milk.

14)Add water

15)Mix well.

16)Add in garam masala powder.

17)Add in salt.

18)Cook till rice is done.

19)Add ghee

20)Mix well.

21)Serve