Ghee Rice Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	7 min
Total time	12 min
Serves	1 servings

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
• 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
• ¾ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
• 1 bay leaf / tej patta
• 2 cardamom / elachi
• 2 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 1 inch cinammon stick
• 15 black pepper (whole)
• 15 cashews (whole / cut)
• ¼ onion (thinly sliced)
• 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• ½ inch ginger (finely chopped)
• salt to taste

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Instructions

1. in wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee.
2. once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera.
3. also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinammon stick and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
4. now add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
5. once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears.
6. finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
7. mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
8. serve ghee rice with raita, saagu or as it is.

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Notes

• firstly, garnish with few coriander leaves for more flavour.
• also do not over cook the rice as it may turn sticky when you saute.
• alternatively, to have more flavour, cook the rice in ghee tempering with 1:2 water ratio.
• furthermore, ghee rice is best for kids lunch box.
• finally, add some raisins if you like slight sweet flavour in ghee rice.