Perfect Ghee Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Basmati Rice and Whole Spices which has a subtle aroma of ghee and has lots of cashews and raisins tossed into it.
Ghee Rice Recipe
I was looking for a wedding style ghee rice recipe for a long time, finally got it from my aunty and when i tried it, the rice turned out to be delicious. I loved it to the core and the rice turned out to be perfectly flavourful.
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About Ghee Rice Recipe
Ghee Rice is a popular dish made with either basmati rice or seera samba rice. The rice is flavoured with ghee, coriander leaves, mint leaves and fried onion. This dish is also called as nei choru and is very popular all over south indian specially in muslim community and weddings.
Ghee rice is usually accompanied with chicken curry or mutton curry.
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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
- ¼ cup Oil
- 6 Cardamom / Yelakai crushed
- 2 tsp Black Cumin Seeds / Shahi Jeera
- 2 Brinji ilai / Pandan Leaves
- 2 cup Basmati Rice
- 2 cups Coconut Milk
- 1.5 cup Water
- Salt to taste
- 2 slit Green Chillies
- For Grinding:
- ½ cup Coriander Leaves
- ½ cup Mint Leaves
- 3 Green Chillies
- 5 inch Ginger peeled
- 10 cloves Garlic peeled
- 10 Cloves/ Krambu
- 10 Cardamom / Yelakai
- 2 stick Cinnamon / Pattai
- For Topping:
- Oil for deep frying
- 3 to 4 tbsp Ghee
- Cashews a handful
- Raisins a handful
- 2 large Onion sliced thinly
- Curry leaves a big handful
- Coriander leaves a big handful
- Mint Leaves a big handful
Instructions
- Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Grind all the ingredients to a smooth puree, set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Now 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.
- 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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Notes
- Wash and soak rice for a good 30 mins
- Roast the drained rice well in oil so it is coated with oil and gets dry with no water content.
- Now add in the ground masala and toast it well so the rice gets nicely coated with the masala. It will take around 5 to 7 mins.
- Add the required amount of water content.
- Cook it just for 1 whistle, and put the whole cooker over a tawa on low heat for 15 mins so the rice gets cooked to perfection.
Nutrition
Ghee Rice Recipe step by step pictures
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| Measure rice in a bowl |
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| Wash it and soak for 30 mins |
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| Take all the ingredients for grinding |
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| Take all the ingredients in a blender |
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| Puree till smooth |
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| Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add in cardamom, cumin seeds |
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| Add in brinji leaves |
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| Add in drained rice |
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| now comes the important part, you have to keep frying the rice |
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| fry and toast the rice for 2 mins |
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| Now add in pureed masala |
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| toast it well so the masala coats the rice..it will take around 5 to 6 mins |
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| now you can see each grains is nicely coated with the masala |
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| Add in coconut milk |
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| and some water |
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| mix well |
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| add in salt |
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| add in green chillies |
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| mix well |
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| bring it to a boil and cook for 5 mins..Now cover the cooker and cook for 1 whistle |
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| Now place the cooker over a tawa and cook on low heat for 15 mins |
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| Now make the fried things |
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| Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying |
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| Add in cashews and fry till golden..you can remove it and set aside |
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| But i added onions along with it as well |
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| Fry till golden |
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| Now it is done |
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| Drain and set aside |
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| Now add curry leaves in the oil |
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| fry till crispy |
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| drain and set aside |
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| Now take coriander leaves |
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| fry till crispy..remove it and set aside |
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| now add in mint leaves |
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| fry till crispy |
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| Done |
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| Now the rice is done |
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| Remove it to a bowl |
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| add the topping over the rice |
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| Add in ghee |
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| mix well |
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| Serve |
Ghee Rice Using Kaima Rice (Seeraga Samba Rice)
Seeraga Samba Ghee Rice - Seeraga Samba Ghee Rice Recipe. Easy seera samba ghee rice which taste so yummy with any side dish like chicken curry or mutton curry. You can serve with any veg kurma too. Seeraga samba rice has a very unique aroma to it. It taste super yummy and so flavourful. The aroma of this rice is so good and it can go well with any side dishes.
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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
Tips & Tricks
There are few steps required to make the perfect ghee rice.
1) Wash and soak rice for a good 30 mins
2)Roast the drained rice well in oil so it is coated with oil and gets dry with no water content.
3)Now add in the ground masala and toast it well so the rice gets nicely coated with the masala. It will take around 5 to 7 mins.
4)Add the required amount of water content.
5)Cook it just for 1 whistle, and put the whole cooker over a tawa on low heat for 15 mins so the rice gets cooked to perfection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best combination for ghee rice?
Ghee rice can be served with vegetarian or non veg curries. Some popular side dishes are chicken curry, mutton curry, chicken masala, chicken gravy & veg kurma.
Is ghee rice good for health?
Yes ghee rice is good for health. But excessive amount can result in weight gain.
Can you use butter instead of ghee in rice?
Yes u can use butter in ghee rice, but ghee has a unique aroma which butter cannot give.
Serving Suggestions
Ghee rice can be served with vegetarian or non veg curries.
Some popular side dishes are chicken curry, mutton curry, chicken masala, chicken gravy & veg kurma.
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My Life in the Charente
This sounds so delicious but I bet I cannot find the ingredients here! Hope you are well Diane
Sowmia pragash
Flavorful and perfectly cooked ghee Rice.
roopa yadav
@My Life in the Charente .....
Diane I think you can find these ingredients in Charente. This is a great recipe. Try it. Omit the ingredients that aren't available but do give it a try
roopa yadav
Love ghee rice Aarthi .. . Will definitely try your recipe. Love
Rupani Shah
This looks so tempting! I have been a regular reader on your website and must say the recipes are wonderful. I am soon going to try this ghee rice recipe with my favourite Gowardhan ghee and would definitely share my experience here.
Neha
Wow...
It looks so yummy...
I wish I could try this once...
Sofia
Thanks for sharing this recipe. This food is so yummy and tasty..
Aswathy
Thanks aarthi for the recipe, nice one, I tried, perfect
Indian Wedding Invitations
This food is so yummy!!!!
Sakthinathan R
Worked perfectly 👍 fine for me, Thank you...
PadmaRam
Hi.. the ghee rice was perfect and friends & family loved it so much. Thank you so much for the recipe 👍😊