Monday, November 24, 2008

Ghee rice

This is a very simple & easy to make rice item that can be done in a jiffy in the morning to pack for lunch. Some call this as Brinji rice too. This goes well with some nice spicy channa masala or any Kurma. Though this looks plain, trust me it tastes soooo rich & tasty
So here goes my recipe....
Ingredients:
Basmathi rice- 1 cup
Coconut milk-1 cup
Water-1/2 cup (I use 1:1.5 as ratio for rice to water,
so took 1 cup coconut milk and 1/2 cup water)
Onion(thin sliced lengthwise)- 1
ginger/garlic paste- 1 tbsp
salt to taste
Ghee- 3 tbsp
Green chilly- 3

For tempering
cloves-2
cinnamon- 1 big stick
bay leaf
cardamom- 2
star anise- 2


Method:
Heat ghee/oil in a skillet add the whole masala(mentioned above) for tempering. when the nice aroma of the spices come add the green chilly, ginger/garlic paste & onion and saute' it. Sprinkle some salt to help the onions get cooked faster. make sure the onions don't turn brown as this will change the color of the rice. Now wash the rice and add to this and saute' for a min. Then transfer this to a rice cooker and add salt to taste, coconut milk and water and cook. Before serving add another spoon of ghee. ...This is ghee rice so you cannot avoid the ghee part unfortunately :)
Ghee rice is ready! See I told u it's real easy...isn't it?Do try it and let me know how it turns out.
This is my entry to Srivalli's Rice mela.

Based on the valuable suggestion received from Srivalli, I'm also sending my already posted old entry 'Poha' to the Rice mela event. Thanks Srivalli for the encouragement.

2 comments:

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

ghee rice looks yummy madhoo.. i love it though i don't make it since it is fatty :(

Srivalli said...

Thats so lovely..thanks for the entry!