Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, ghee rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ghee Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Ghee Rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ghee rice using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ghee Rice:
Get 370 g (13 oz) basmati rice
Get 3 Tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
Get 2 pandan leaves, rinsed and cut into 10-cm (4-inch) lengths
Make ready 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
Take Spice Paste
Prepare 2 shallots, peeled
Prepare 2 cloves garlic, peeled
Take 5 -cm (2-inch) knob ginger, peeled
Take Garnishing (Optional) A handful of roasted cashew nuts
Prepare 1 handful cranberries
Prepare 1 Tbsp crisp-fried shallots
Get 1 handful coriander leaves
Take Colouring (Optional)
Make ready 1 pinch orange food colouring powder
Take 1 pinch yellow food colouring powder
Prepare 2 tsp water
Steps 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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