Ghee Rice / Nei Saadham / Nei Soru

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“Ghee rice” Ingredients and preparation steps given below for your convenience. Let me know if you liked the taste and I will be happy to hear any additional ingredients you added to make it more tasty in the comments section.

Ingredients: (to serve 3-4)
Basmati rice – 1.5cups
Onion – 2 medium size
Cardamom – 6
Cloves – 7
Cinnamon stick – 4 pieces
Star anise – 2
Cashewnuts – 12
Ghee – 3 tablespoons

Method:

1.Add the ghee in a pan and when it is hot, add the cashewnuts broken into 2 halves and fry till it becomes golden colour and remove.
2. Keep the fried cashewnuts aside and in the remaining ghee, add the sliced onions and fry in medium for 4-5 minutes until it becomes brown in colour and then remove 3/4th of the fried onions.
3. Bring the remaining 1/4 th fried onions to one side of the pan, and to the remaining ghee in other side of the pan, add the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, star anise and fry for 5-10 seconds.
4. Next add the washed and drained rice and fry for 2 minutes and then add 3 cups of water, 1.5 teaspoons of water and allow it to come to a boil.
5. Once it starts boiling, close it with a lid and cook in medium flame for 3-4 minutes.
6. When all the water is absorbed and the rice is half-cooked, reduce to low flame, sprinkle the reserved 3/4th fried onions on top and close it with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
7. Switch off the stove after 10 minutes and let it sit for another 10 minutes before opening.
8. After opening, add the fried cashewnuts and mix well and serve.
9. If you are using a pressure cooker, fry everything in the pressure pan as above, add water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. After the pressure settles, open the lid, add the reserved fried onions and fried cashewnuts and mix well and serve.
10. This goes excellent with chicken curry, mutton curry or even veg curry.

Other links related to this recipe:
Chicken curry – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w8NWeAUFTc&t=15s
Mutton curry – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM9nr4uHosk
Vegetable Kuruma – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXe-pjJf7Uc&t=13s

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