Ghee Rice
These are very hot little firecrackers from the orient. They can be used to add spice to almost any oriental dish. They dry very easily and can be stored and used this way for a long time.
Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients:
1 cup basmati rice (long grained white rice)
1 ½ cups water
3 to 4 tablespoons ghee
1 medium sized onion sliced
2 Green chile
10 Cashews
1 to 2 tablespoons golden raisin
Salt to taste
whole spices
½ inch wide and ½ inch height cinnamon stick
2 thin strands mace
3 cloves
4 green cardamom
1 Star anise
1 bay leaf
Preparation:
Slice the onions and soak the basmati rice in water for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat ghee in a cooking pan and put the whole spices cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, star anise and mace (listed under whole spices). Once the spices send aroma and bulge, throw in green chile, then cashews and raisins and then the onions.
Saute till the onions become fried (do this in medium to high flame) and not burnt, with occasional stirring.
Then put in rice and saute for 1 to 2 minutes in medium flame and add water to it, and cook covered. When the rice starts to boil, reduce heat; when the water is about to be fully absorbed, reduce to low and rice will be cooked to perfection.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 1
Slice the onion and green chile. Soak the rice also for 20 minutes.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 2
Meanwhile, while the rice soaks, heat 4 tablespoons of ghee in a pan. If you don’t want more ghee, add 2 to 3 tablespoons. Put all the whole spices given under “whole spices” in the ingredient list (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, mace, star anise).
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 3
When the whole spices send nice aroma and the cloves bulge, put green chile and then the cashews and raisins.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 4
When the colors of cashew and raisins turn to brown, throw in sliced onions.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 5
Saute the onions on medium to high heat with occasional stirring not letting the onions to burn, but to fry them crisp. If the onions burn, the ghee rice won’t taste good. So watch for it.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 6
Now put the soaked rice into it and saute for 2 minutes in medium flame with constant stirring.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 7
Now pour water into the rice. Cover and cook the rice in the same pan. If want to use pressure cooker, keep the rice on for 3 whistles.
Ghee Rice Recipe – Step 8
Once the rice starts boiling in the pan, reduce the flame to medium from high. Once the water is about to be absorbed completely keep it on simmer, then cook until the rice is done.
Ghee Rice Recipe
Serve the ghee rice hot with mushroom gravy, peas potato kurma or any favorite gravy.
From nancyscookery.com