Ghee Rice Recipe (Nei Choru, Neychoru)
Ghee Rice (Nei Choru, Neychoru) is a Kerala style rice dish where rice is cooked with lots of ghee and spices. This dish is perfect to serve as a side dish with your everyday meals. Here is how to make it.
Servings: 3 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice
- 3 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick (dalchini)
- 2 whole green cardamoms (hari elaichi)
- 2-3 cloves (laung)
- 2-3 whole black peppercorns (kali mirch)
- 5-6 whole cashew nuts
- 10-12 raisins
- ½ cup thinly sliced onions
- 2-3 green chilies slit into half
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Rinse rice with water 2-3 times until the water runs clear. Soak it in 4-5 cups of water for 30 minutes.
- Heat ghee in a pan over medium heat.
- Once the ghee is hot, add cashew nuts and fry until they are light brown in color. Stir frequently while frying.
- Now add raisins to the pan and fry until they plump up.
- Remove the cashew nuts and raisins to a bowl and keep them aside.
- Add cinnamon stick, green cardamoms, cloves, and black peppercorns, and let them crackle for 3-4 seconds.
- Add onions to the and fry until they turn dark brown in color (4-5 minutes), stirring frequently.
- Drain the rice and add it to the pan along with green chilies, water, salt, and fried cashew nuts and raisins. Stir gently.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid and cook undisturbed for 20-25 minutes until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked well.
- Remove the pan from heat and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Fluff the rice gently using a fork.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and crispy fried onions and serve hot.
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Notes
This dish is traditionally made using Jeera Samba rice, which is short-grain and very flavorful. However, I like to make it with long-grain basmati rice or even sona masuri rice.
Adjust the green chilies as per your taste. If you are making it for kids, you can skip them, too.
Nutrition
Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 501mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg
