Ghee rice | Ghee pulao | Simple ghee pulav
Ghee rice or ghee pulao is a variety rice recipe prepared with basmati rice and ghee with fried cashews. Ghee pulav is served with any kind of spicy gravy.
Ingredients
To cook rice:
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cardamom
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 l water (approx.)
To Season:
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 star anise
- 1 mace
- 1 cardamom
- 1 big onion
- 2 green chilli
- 2 tbsp cashew
- 1 tbsp dry grapes
Instructions
Preparation:
- Slice onions.
- Rinse and soak the basmati rice with enough water for 20 minutes.
Recipe to make ghee rice:
- In a large vessel, boil water. Add bay leaf, cardamom, salt and let the water come to full boiling.
- When water is boiling fully, add the soaked basmati rice and mix gently.
- Cook the rice for around ten minutes until the grains become soft. But be careful not to cook until mushy stage.
- Once the rice is done, drain the extra water completely and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan, fry star anise and cardamom. You can use cloves also if you like.
- Add sliced onions and fry them to deep brown color.
- By this time a wonderful aroma arises from the browned onions. Now transfer the onions from the pan to a plate and keep aside.
- In the same pan with the remaining ghee, add green chillies, broken cashews and dry grapes.
- Roast these items to golden color.
- Now add these fried cashews, grapes to the cooked basmati rice and mix gently.
- Sprinkle the reserved browned onions on top of it and switch off.
- Serve hot or box for lunch with gravy.
Notes
Tips/notes: 1) If you want a no onion ghee rice recipe, just skip it. But the brown onions enhance the taste of the rice. 2) For making the ghee pulao in a pressure cooker, use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup of basmati rice. 3) Don't replace ghee with butter or oil as they may alter the taste of the ghee rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 450kcal
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