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

  1. in wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee.
  2. once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera.
  3. also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinammon stick and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
  4. now add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
  5. once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears.
  6. finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
  7. mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
  8. 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.