Ghee Rice / Nei Soru
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 cups
 
Ingredients
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
  • Cinnamon stick – ½ stick
  • Cardamom – 2
  • Cloves – 1
  • Cashew nuts – 3 tbsp
  • Raisins – 1 tbsp
  • Red onion – 1, sliced
  • Green chili – 2, slit
  • Garlic – 2, minced
  • Ginger – 1 inch, minced
  • Mint leaves – 2 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
  • Basmati Rice – 2 cups
  • Coconut milk – ½ cup
  • Water – 3 cups
  • Salt – As needed
Instructions
  1. Wash and Soak the basmati rice in water for 20-30 minutes.
  2. Heat a vessel with ghee in medium flame, cumin seeds,cashew nuts, raisins, cinnamon stick, cardamoms, cloves and add the onions, green chillies, ginger garlic and sauté until golden brown.
  3. And add the mint leaves and coriander leaves. Sauté for 30 seconds
  4. Add the drained rice and sauté well in that onion ghee mixture for a minute or two.
  5. Now transfer everything to a rice cooker. Add salt as per taste.( if using ghee, it will be little salty so test salt as you add)
  6. Add water and coconut milk to it. and switch on to cook mode.
  7. You can also cook this by adding water and coconut milk to the same pan but make sure you switch off in 10 minutes medium and 10 munites low heat. I always cook in rice cooker. There is no possibility to burn it.
  8. Once done, serve hot with some curry.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/ghee-rice-nei-soru/