Ghee Rice - Neyy Chor
Ghee Rice - Neyy Chor as it is called back home is a traditional dish in Southern India and is especially prepared during special and festive occasions. For those who are not familiar with Ghee , it is clarified butter. You can reduce the quantity of ghee if calorie conscious and substitute it with any other oil just to get the flavor of it. This is a very simple dish, with few ingredients, and has the most wonderful aroma and taste!
What type of rice to use for making Ghee rice?
This rice is traditionally made using a small variety of rice called jeeraga (seeraga) samba rice or Kaima rice. When fried with ghee and cooked, the rice gives a very nice aroma which makes the dish very appetizing. The whole spices used cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and bay leaves also make it very aromatic. This rice is also used in making biryanis like Kozhikodan chicken biryani and Malabar mutton biryani. You can also use the Basmati rice for this dish.
Other Ingredients for Neyy Chor
Ghee rice or Neyychor requires Ghee , spices like cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom , cloves , onions and salt. Very simple ingredients and simple to make.
Fried Ghee rice - A simple and delicious rice dish made with ghee , fried onions , raisins and nuts a recipe from the Malabar region of India
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 3 tbsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
- 4 tsp Vegetable oil
- 3-4 Cloves
- ½ inch stick Cinnamon
- 2 bay leaves
- 4-5 cardamom
- ½ onion diced
- 2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 onion thinly sliced for frying
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Wash the rice, drain, and keep aside
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Heat a thick bottomed pan, add the ghee and oil
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Add the thinly sliced onions and fry until crisp golden brown.
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Drain and keep aside.Add the cashews and raisins, brown it as well.
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Drain and keep aside.
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In the remaining oil, add the spices and diced onions and saute for about 2 mins
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Next, add the washed rice
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Fry for about 5 to 7 mins until the rice turns opaque
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Add the salt and water and cook until done in a rice cooker
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Transfer the cooked rice into a serving bowl and garnish with fried onions, cashews, and raisins.
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Ghee rice can be eaten with any entree, curried dish, or vegetable or chicken stew.
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