Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ghee rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ghee Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Ghee Rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ghee rice using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ghee Rice:

1. Prepare 370 g (13 oz) basmati rice
2. Prepare 3 Tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
3. Get 2 pandan leaves, rinsed and cut into 10-cm (4-inch) lengths
4. Make ready 800 ml (26 fl oz) / 31/4 cups) water, mixed with 4 Tbsp fresh milk
5. Take 1 tsp salt
6. Get Whole Spices
7. Take 2.5 -cm (1-inch) length cinnamon stick
8. Take 2 star anise
9. Get 3 cardamom pods
10. Make ready 3 cloves
11. Take Spice Paste
12. Prepare 2 shallots, peeled
13. Get 2 cloves garlic, peeled
14. Make ready 5 -cm (2-inch) knob ginger, peeled
15. Take Garnishing (Optional) A handful of roasted cashew nuts
16. Take 1 handful cranberries
17. Take 1 Tbsp crisp-fried shallots
18. Take 1 handful coriander leaves
19. Prepare Colouring (Optional)
20. Make ready 1 pinch orange food colouring powder
21. Prepare 1 pinch yellow food colouring powder
22. Get 2 tsp water

Ghee Rice, also called Neychoru, is a flavourful one pot Kerala Style rice which is usually prepared during the festival days or for special occasions. It is South Indian comfort food that is cooked with basmati rice along with a large dollop of ghee. Ghee Rice is very delicious and goes along with a spicy curry both vegetarian and meat. My personal favorite would be Kundapura Ghee Chicken Curry.

Steps to make Ghee Rice:

1. Rinse the rice and drain. Set aside.
2. Pound the ingredients for the spice paste coarsely using a mortar and pestle. Set aside. Heat the ghee in a heavy-bottom pan over medium heat. Add the whole spices and fry for a few seconds until fragrant. Add the spice paste and pandan leaves and fry for 2 minutes until the mixture is slightly dry - and fragrant.
3. Add the water and milk mixture and salt. Bring to a boil. - Add the rice and stir gently to mix. Turn the heat down and let it simmer until all the liquid has been evaporated or absorbed. Alternatively, cook the rice using a rice cooker.
4. At this point, you can add some colour to the rice, if desired. Mix the orange and yellow food colouring powders separately with 1 tsp water. Sprinkle over the cooked rice and let it sit until you are ready to serve.
5. Stir the rice to mix the coloured grains.
6. Dish out and garnish with cashew nuts, cranberries, - crisp-fried shallots and/or chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Ghee Rice is very delicious and goes along with a spicy curry both vegetarian and meat. My personal favorite would be Kundapura Ghee Chicken Curry. A very famous chicken curry from Karnataka. I'll be back with that recipe very soon. One such delicious and easy-to-prepare rice item is Ghee Rice.

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