Ghee Rice

Yesterday i was typing the mint rice recipe Amma asked me what are you doing.I explained her about our blogging marathan and my theme.She is very exited and ready to give her special recipes for our marathon.Here I want to tell you all about my mothers cooking she never use any measurement cups and spoons,never maintained a book or diary to store her recipes.she is famous for her pickles and pulihora,ravakesari.My mother likes North Indian food but she never made any north Indian recipe.This Ghee Rice recipe amma made for our lunch to day with soya chunks Kurma.This ghee rice is a special dish in my family amma use to make this for special occations and she use fresh home made ghee for this, that aroma makes us more hungry.Potato kurma is the best combination for this rice.
This is my 2nd post for blogging Marathon#3 for group 2. Let's check how amma made this delicious Ghee Rice.

INGREDIENTS:--
Rice -- 2 cups
Ghee(clarified butter) --- 4 tab sp
Onion -- 1 medium thinely sliced
Green chillies -- 3 slit in to two
Ginger garlic paste --- 1 tea sp
Cinnamon -- 1 inch stick
cloves --- 4
Cardamom --- 3
Cashew nuts --- 10 broken
Salt --- 1&1/2 tea sp or according to your taste
Coriander& mint leaves --- 1/4 cup finely chopped
METHOD:--
1. Wash and soak rice in 4 cups water for half an hour
2. Heat a thick bottomed pan or pressure cooker,pour ghee and fry the cashew nuts in to golden color remove and keep aside.
3. Add cinnamon.cloves,cardamom to the same ghee let them popup.
4. Add sliced onion and green chilies fry till onion turns in to golden.
5.Now add ginger garlic paste,half chopped coriander and mint leaves give a good stir.
6.Drain the water from rice in to another bowl(we are going to use this water to cook rice so don't throw the water).Add rice fry about 3 minutes.
7.Now add the water,salt mix well cover and cook till done in a low flame.
If you are using pressure cooker then cook it for 2 whistles swith off the heat and leave it like that for some time.
Just before serving add fried cashew nuts and chopped coriander and mint leaves mix well and serve hot with any Kurma and rita.
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