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Ghee Rice

April 10, 2018 By Dan Toombs Leave a Comment

Ghee Rice

Really easy and delicious too!

The first time I tried ghee rice was about 20 years ago in Croydon. I can’t remember the name of the place anymore but I remember thinking it was really good. The waiter took a ladleful of melted ghee and drizzled it all over the aromatic rice at the table. This is my somewhat lighter version but it still has quite a lot of ghee. Go ahead… treat yourself. You will need a 2 litre saucepan with a tight fitting lid.

Making ghee rice

Brown the onions in the hot ghee.

Tempering spices

Tempering the spices.

Making ghee rice

Adding the rest of the ingredients before adding the rice.

Ghee rice

Add the soaked raw rice and stir in the oil to coat.

Ghee rice

Cover with water to steam.

Ghee rice

Brown the cashews in the remaining ghee.

ghee rice

Stir the rice carefully and top with the roasted cashews and ghee.

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Ghee Rice
Author: Dan Toombs
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
Prep time:  20 mins
Cook time:  45 mins
Total time:  1 hour 5 mins
Serves: 2 - 3
 
Ingredients
  • 5 tbsp ghee plus a little more to finish
  • ½ onion – finely sliced
  • 1x 2.5cm (1 inch) cinnamon stick
  • 4 green cardamom pods – lightly smashed
  • 1 small piece of mace
  • 3 cloves
  • 2 green chillies – sliced down the centre
  • 5 curry leaves
  • 1 generous tbsp garlic and ginger paste
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 185g (1 cup) Basmati rice – Rinsed several times and soaked in water for 30 minutes.
  • 10 cashews
Instructions
  1. Melt 3 tablespoons ghee over medium high heat. When hot, fry the sliced onion until lightly browned. Transfer the fried onion slices to a plate leaving as much ghee as possible in the pan. Add the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, mace, cloves and curry leaves and temper in the oil for about 30 seconds. Return half of the fried onion to the pan, leaving the rest to be used as a garnish.
  2. Pour the soaked rice into a sieve. Then stir the garlic and ginger paste, salt and rice into the pan. Ensure that the rice is evenly coated with the ghee and then top with 375ml ( 1 ½ cups) cold water. Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and bring the water to a boil. Turn off the heat and leave to steam for 40 minutes. Do not lift the lid!
  3. While the rice is steaming, fry the cashews in the remaining two tablespoons of ghee until golden brown. When the rice has steamed for 40 minutes, lift the lid and stir carefully with a fork to separate the grains. Never stir Basmati rice roughly as this will split the grains and make it mushy.
  4. To finish, pour the ghee and cashews over the top and stir in the remaining fried onions to serve.
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