Kerala Easy Ghee Rice is a super aromatic and classic rice dish made with Basmati rice, an ample amount of ghee, whole spices, raisins and cashews. You find the dish quite popular in the Malabar region. Kerala Easy Ghee Rice is served for festive occasions with a spicy lip smacking side dish. This is a very simple recipe and takes your simple meal to a different level. Rather than having plain steamed rice, some more work and you get a fragrant and delicious rice that goes with any side dish. If you are looking for a variation from the usual Briyani and Pulav dishes, don’t hesitate. This recipe is exactly what you ought to try. The dish cooks up in a single pot, is totally approved by kids’ due to its mild flavors and goes pretty well with almost anything. Nei Choru is very easy to prepare. Basmati rice is sauteed and cooked with whole spices and ample amount of ghee. Later Nei Choru is garnished with fried onions and crunchy ghee fried raisins and cashews.
What makes Kerala Easy Ghee Rice really yumm, unique and special is the traditional Indian ghee, the star of the dish, that imparts a wonderful flavor and aroma. For that authentic and original ghee flavor, I extract ghee from milk at my home and use it for dishes. Apart from being a staple in South Indian homes, Kerala Easy Ghee Rice is a recent trending dish in restaurants, parties and social gatherings. Nei Choru is usually served with a vegetarian or non-vegetarian kuruma dish or sometimes even with a lentil dish. For kids this is a well favored fuss free dish since they have an aversion for spicy dishes. Try this delicous Nei Choru dish during your weekend with your favourite curry and enjoy with your family.
Kerala Easy Ghee Rice | Nei Choru
Ingredients
Instructions
- Wash and drain rice. Set aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan.
- Fry half of the sliced onions, until golden brown. Drain and keep aside.
- Add the rest of the ghee to this pan.
- Add rest of the sliced onions and fry, until translucent.
- Add rice and fry for about 3-4 minutes approx. making sure that the grains are not broken.
- Pour water and increase the heat to high.
- Cover the pan with a tight lid and cook, until the rice is done and the water is totally absorbed.
- Garnish with fried onions, cashew nuts and raisins.
Notes
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For 2 cups of rice, the amount of onion, cashew and raisins are too much ( probably half would be enough). Also, rice takes only 3-4 min to be fried ( as others have noted). Better to cook in pressure cooker.
Very easy and tasty recipe.
The rice need only 3 or 5 mints of frying. if you fry more there is a chance of overcooking.
3-5 Mts is enough to fry rice.
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Awesome
Hmmmm.YUMMMMM. very tasty!!
i reduced amount of ghee to 4 tbsp but still came out really well!!thanks for posting…
So good the rice was… thanks for the wonderful recipe…
The Ghee rice turned out real awesome with just 15 mins prep before the cooking. I used ginger garlic paste instead and Step 11 of cooking the rice was done by me in a pressure cooker where you close the lid without the whistle and once the steam comes out, lower the flame and keep it cooking for 7 mins exactly and then turn off the flame and the ghee rice can be scooped out after 20 mins!
Fantastic recipe. Thank you
Sneha & Ajayan
Thanx for ur comments, but the way I do it….
10-12 mnts on VERY low flame….other wise the rice will burn out!!!!
Fryin the rice for this long wz nvr over cooked!!!
Simple and Good….Preparation written in a very good way
Certainly gonna try this..