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fried rice

Kerala Easy Ghee Rice | Nei Choru

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Basmati rice
  • 4 tbsp Ghee
  • ½ cup Cashew nuts
  • ½ cup Raisins Onakka munthiri
  • 2 nos Onions sliced
  • 1 tsp Ginger finely crushed
  • 1 tsp garlic finely crushed
  • 2 nos Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 4 nos Cardamom Elakka
  • 2 Bay leaves Vazhana/Karuga ela
  • 3 sprigs Coriander leaves
  • 3½ cups Water
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Wash and drain rice. Set aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan.
  • Fry half of the sliced onions, until golden brown. Drain and keep aside.
  • In the remaining ghee, fry cashew nuts and raisins separately.
  • Add the rest of the ghee to this pan.
  • Saute all the spices, ginger & garlic and fry for a while.
  • Add rest of the sliced onions and fry, until translucent.
  • Add rice and fry for about 3-4 minutes approx. making sure that the grains are not broken.
  • Pour water and increase the heat to high.
  • Add salt and as soon as the water starts to boil, simmer and add coriander leaves.
  • Cover the pan with a tight lid and cook, until the rice is done and the water is totally absorbed.
  • Garnish with fried onions, cashew nuts and raisins.

Notes

You can explore this dish Ghee Rice
You can also visit Kerala Vegetable Pulao
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