Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ghee rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ghee Rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Ghee Rice is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ghee rice using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ghee Rice:
- Take 370 g (13 oz) basmati rice
- Make ready 3 Tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- Get 2 pandan leaves, rinsed and cut into 10-cm (4-inch) lengths
- Take 800 ml (26 fl oz) / 31/4 cups) water, mixed with 4 Tbsp fresh milk
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Prepare Whole Spices
- Get 2.5 -cm (1-inch) length cinnamon stick
- Make ready 2 star anise
- Prepare 3 cardamom pods
- Prepare 3 cloves
- Prepare Spice Paste
- Prepare 2 shallots, peeled
- Get 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- Make ready 5 -cm (2-inch) knob ginger, peeled
- Prepare Garnishing (Optional) A handful of roasted cashew nuts
- Get 1 handful cranberries
- Make ready 1 Tbsp crisp-fried shallots
- Prepare 1 handful coriander leaves
- Prepare Colouring (Optional)
- Prepare 1 pinch orange food colouring powder
- Prepare 1 pinch yellow food colouring powder
- Take 2 tsp water
Instructions to make Ghee Rice:
- Rinse the rice and drain. Set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stir the rice to mix the coloured grains.
- Dish out and garnish with cashew nuts, cranberries, - crisp-fried shallots and/or chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.
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