Simple Way to Prepare Quick Ghee Rice

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ghee rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Ghee Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Ghee Rice is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ghee rice using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ghee Rice:

1. Get 370 g (13 oz) basmati rice
2. Prepare 3 Tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
3. Make ready 2 pandan leaves, rinsed and cut into 10-cm (4-inch) lengths
4. Get 800 ml (26 fl oz) / 31/4 cups) water, mixed with 4 Tbsp fresh milk
5. Take 1 tsp salt
6. Take Whole Spices
7. Make ready 2.5 -cm (1-inch) length cinnamon stick
8. Get 2 star anise
9. Make ready 3 cardamom pods
10. Prepare 3 cloves
11. Prepare Spice Paste
12. Prepare 2 shallots, peeled
13. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, peeled
14. Prepare 5 -cm (2-inch) knob ginger, peeled
15. Prepare Garnishing (Optional) A handful of roasted cashew nuts
16. Take 1 handful cranberries
17. Take 1 Tbsp crisp-fried shallots
18. Take 1 handful coriander leaves
19. Prepare Colouring (Optional)
20. Take 1 pinch orange food colouring powder
21. Get 1 pinch yellow food colouring powder
22. Make ready 2 tsp water

Instructions to make Ghee Rice:

1. Rinse the rice and drain. Set aside.
2. Pound the ingredients for the spice paste coarsely using a mortar and pestle. Set aside. Heat the ghee in a heavy-bottom pan over medium heat. Add the whole spices and fry for a few seconds until fragrant. Add the spice paste and pandan leaves and fry for 2 minutes until the mixture is slightly dry - and fragrant.
3. Add the water and milk mixture and salt. Bring to a boil. - Add the rice and stir gently to mix. Turn the heat down and let it simmer until all the liquid has been evaporated or absorbed. Alternatively, cook the rice using a rice cooker.
4. At this point, you can add some colour to the rice, if desired. Mix the orange and yellow food colouring powders separately with 1 tsp water. Sprinkle over the cooked rice and let it sit until you are ready to serve.
5. Stir the rice to mix the coloured grains.
6. Dish out and garnish with cashew nuts, cranberries, - crisp-fried shallots and/or chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.

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