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ghee rice kurma recipe

GHEE RICE

Smitha Kalluraya
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Course Main Course
Cuisine south indian
Servings 2 serving

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 medium onion, - ; sliced lengthwise
  • 1 Green Chilli, slit
  • 4 - 5 Black Pepper
  • 3/4 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cups Water
  • Cashew nuts, - few
  • to taste Salt

To temper : 

  • 1 Bay leaf / tejpatta
  • 1 cardamom elaichi
  • 1 Cinnamon/ dalchini, " - piece
  • 3 - 4 Cloves/ Lavang
  • 1 Star Anise
  • 1 strand Mace/ javitri ( japatre ), - (optional )
  • 1.5 - 2 tbsps Ghee, ( can add more if you like )

Instructions
 

  • Wash and soak rice for 20 minutes.
  • Add ghee to a cooker or a pot. Add bay leaf, star anise, cloves, cinnamon stick,cardamom and a strand of mace. Fry for a min.
  • Add onions ,slit green chilli and pepper to the same pan, fry till onion turns golden .
  • Drain rice and add it to fried onions and fry for about 3 to 4 minutes .
  • Meanwhile prepare coconut milk. Grind about 1/2  small cup grated coconut adding half a cup of water .Do superfine paste.Once it is ground finely,pour it on a strainer and squeeze it to get coconut milk. If you want you can use ready made coconut milk or completely omit it.
  • Add salt, hot water, coconut milk and stir well. Bring it to a boil and then cover with a lid.
  • Pressure cook for 1-2 whistles.Allow them to cool completely.Once pressure releases, gently puff rice with a spatula or fork.
  • Meanwhile heat ghee in a pan, add broken cashew nuts and fry them till they are golden brown in color.
  • Finally garnish ghee rice with fried cashew nuts and mix well. Serve it with with veg kurma/ peas masala / any spicy gravy
    ghee rice kurma

Notes

  1. Basmati Rice to water ratio i follow is 1: 1 3/4 . If using normal rice you can maintain 1 : 2 1/2 ratio. I.e for 1 cup rice . add 2 cup water .
  2. Coconut milk is optional in this recipe. If you want you can add else omit.
  3. In the above recipe water + coconut milk together make 1 3/4 ie 1 glass water + 3/4 coconut milk. If you are not using coconut milk , then add only water 1 3/4 glass.
  4. If you are using basmati rice ,cook for 1 whistle , keep on sim for abt 5-8 mins. Switch off. For normal rice , cook for 2 whistles on medium flame.Basmati rice will cook quickly.