Ghee Rice

The rice flavoured with ghee! :) This one is most frequent party dish. Its not that difficult to prepare this at home and make your taste buds happie :) Here is the recipe done using pressure cooker

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 15 - 20 mins

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 2 cups

2. Onion - 2 (thinly sliced lengthwise)

3. Green Chillies - 3

4. Cloves - 6

5. Cardamom - 2

6. Cinnamon Stick - 1" (2)

7. Bay leaf - 2

8. Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp

9. Cashew nuts - 10

10. Raisins - fistful

11. Salt

12. Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn (optional)

13. Ghee/Butter - 4 to 5 tblspn

14. Water - 4 cups

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker heat 3 tblspn of ghee and allow it to melt

2. Reduce flame and add cashew and saute till golden brown and remove and then add raisins and saute for few seconds remove and keep it aside

3. Add remaining ghee, once heated add sliced onions and saute till transparent and then add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf and allow it to splutter

4. Add chillies and saute for few seconds

5. Wash rice with water and drain it. Now add the drained rice and saute for 5 minutes

6. Add water and garam masala powder, salt to taste and bring to boil

7. Cover the lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles

8. Garnish it with nuts and raisins and serve with any of your favourite curry

Note:

1. Adjust the salt and garam masala before covering the lid to pressure cook

2. I served it with potato with curd gravy. Here is the link to its post in my blog "http://namadugemane.blogspot.de/2014/03/aloo-subzi-withcurd-gravy.html"

 Let me know how it tastes!