easy ghee rice recipe | pan fry ghee rice recipe | nei choru recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 7 minutes
- Total time: 12 minutes
- Yield: 1 Servings
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
- ¾ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- 2 cardamom / elachi
- 2 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 inch cinammon stick
- 15 black pepper (whole)
- 15 cashews (whole / cut)
- ¼ onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- ½ inch ginger (finely chopped)
- salt to taste
Method
- in wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee.
- once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera.
- also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinammon stick and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
- now add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
- once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears.
- finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
- mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
- serve ghee rice with raita, saagu or as it is.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.