Name: Ghee rice recipe ( Neychoru recipe )
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 grams long grain basmati rice; 3 tablespoons clarified butter or ghee; 15 to 20 cashew nuts; 15 to 20 raisins; 50 ml warm water; 2 teaspoons cumin seed; 4 green cardamoms; 4 cloves; 2 inches cinnamon; 1 bay leaf; 1 medium size slice of onions; 3 chopped green chilli; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons coriander leaves ( freshly chopped ); 400 ml water

Ghee rice recipe is a very delicious, fragrant south indian rice dish which is usually made with basmati rice, desi ghee, dry fruits and a few aromatic Indian spices.Ghee rice recipe is popularly known as neychoru recipe in south India, where Nei means ghee and choru means rice. To cook this delicious neychoru recipe at home follow the below step-by-step instructions on how to make ghee rice.

This ghee rice recipe is very easy to make and you need only a few ingredients. Make it today’s dinner menu for your family.

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What is ghee rice

Ghee rice or Nei Choru or Neychoru is a flavourful one-pot Kerala style rice dish.

Neychoru recipe is usually made with fragrant rice varieties like jeeraga samba or basmati rice, desi ghee, caramelised onions, roasted cashew, raisins and a few aromatic indian spices.

You can easily cook this ghee rice recipe within 1 hour and serve it for dinner to your guest.

Side dish for ghee rice

You can serve veg kurma, chicken curry, mutton curry, and raita as a side dish for ghee rice.

How to store ghee rice

Variation of neychoru recipe

Apart from traditional dish there are various ways you can prepare neychoru recipes. Just add various ingredients depending upon your likes. Below i show you some variations you can try.

Coconut Ghee Rice : Instead of water you can use coconut milk to cook the rice, after that add grated fresh coconut to the recipe.

Fruits Ghee Rice : For preparing fruit ghee rice you can add fruits such as mangoes, pineapple, or pomegranate.

Vegetable Neychoru : Just like fruits you can also add fresh vegetables like green peas, potatoes, french beans, and carrots to make vegetable ghee rice.

Dry fruits Neychoru : For the dry fruits neychoru recipe apart from raisins and cashews, you can add more dried nuts such as pistachios, almonds, cranberries, blueberries, and apricots.

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Tips to make ghee rice recipe

Type of Rice: It is better if you use non-sticky rice like basmati rice or seeraga samba rice to prepare ghee rice recipe. Otherwise, you can choose any type of rice which does not stick together after cooking.

Choice of ghee: For the best taste and aroma in your ghee rice recipe always use desi ghee or homemade ghee.

Spices: You must use fresh whole spices which are on their shelf life. Make sure you saute them in melted ghee for some time.

Dry fruits: You can use cashews and raisins as the main dry fruit ingredients in your ghee rice recipe. Otherwise, you can also use add almonds and pistachios. Make sure you first saute them in ghee for some time before doing anything.

Cooking fluffy rice : To get fluffy rice to maintain water to rice ratio of 2:1 .Basically, after 8 to 10 mins of cooking rice, it absorbs all the water. Still, it keeps covered for further 10 minutes to continuously cook in the residual steam and that gives you plump, perfectly cooked, non-mushy rice.

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How to make ghee rice

Here, the complete recipe of ghee rice preparation is classified into three simple categories first one is soaking rice,

second one is frying dry fruits and third one is cooking ghee rice recipe

so, let’s make it now.

Soaking rice

1. At first for preparing ghee rice recipe first add 200 grams of long grain basmati rice in a large bowl.

2. Then rinse them thoroughly in running water and soak them for 20 to 30 min.

Frying dry fruits for neychoru recipe

1. Now for frying dry fruits for neychoru recipe add 3 tablespoons of clarified butter or ghee in a frying pan or kadai.

2. Next melt the ghee on a low flame such that it does not burn.

3. At this stage add 15 to 20 cashew nuts and 15 to 20 raisins.

4. Stir cashews and raisins continuously in low flame until cashews become golden brown and raisins plum up a bit in the ghee. Take them out from kadai and set them aside for later usage.

Cooking ghee rice recipe

1. Now for cooking ghee rice recipe in the same kadai add 2 teaspoons of cumin seed, 4 green cardamoms, 4 cloves, 2 inches of cinnamon, and 1 bay leaf.

2. Then saute the whole spices for 1 to 2 min in medium flame.

3. After that add 1 medium size slice of onions and fry them till golden brown.

4. Next add 3 chopped green chilli.

5. Now add the drained rice.

6. Gently stir the rice for 5 minutes. Make sure to not over-stir because the rice grains may break.

7. Now pour 400 ml water. Stir and mix the rice properly.

8. Also sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt. Check the taste of the water it is required you can add it later.

9. After that cover the Kadai with a lid. Initially increase the temperature of kadai then reduce the flame to low heat.

10. It takes approximately 15 to 20 min to properly cook less sticky and fluffy ghee rice. Check the rice you get proper fluffy rice.

11. Finally garnish ghee rice with the fried cashews and raisins, 3 tablespoons freshly chopped coriander leaves and black pepper powder.

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Yield: 4

Ghee rice recipe ( Neychoru recipe )

Ghee rice recipe is the most delicious, fragrant south indian rice dish which is made with long grain basmati rice , desi ghee dry fruits and a few aromatic indian spices. Below is the step by step instructions to prepare this delicious neychoru recipe at home.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Soaking Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

Ingredients for neychoru recipe

200 grams long grain basmati rice
3 tablespoons clarified butter or ghee

15 to 20 cashew nuts
15 to 20 raisins
50 ml warm water

Other ingredients for ghee rice

2 teaspoons cumin seed
4 green cardamoms
4 cloves

2 inches cinnamon
1 bay leaf
1 medium size slice of onions

3 chopped green chilli
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons coriander leaves ( freshly chopped )

400 ml water

Instructions

Soaking rice for neychoru

At first for preparing neychoru recipe first add long grain basmati rice in a large bowl.
Then rinse them thoroughly in running water and soak them for some time.

Fry dry fruits

Now to fry dry fruits for ghee rice recipe first melt ghee on low flame.
Next, add cashew nuts and raisins and continuously stir them in low flame until cashews become golden brown and raisins plum up.
After that, Take them out from kadai and set them aside for later usage.

How to make ghee rice

Now to cook ghee rice in the same kadai saute cumin seed, green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf in medium flame.
After that add chopped green chili, slice onions and fry them till golden brown
Now add the drained rice. Gently stir the rice for some time. Make sure to not over-stir because the rice grains may break.

Now pour water. Stir and mix the rice properly.
Also, sprinkle salt. Check the taste of the water if it is required you can add it later.
After that cover the Kadai with a lid. Initially increase the temperature of kadai then reduce the flame to low heat.

It takes approximately 15 to 20 min to properly cook less sticky and fluffy ghee rice.
Check the rice you get proper fluffy rice.
Finally garnish ghee rice with the fried cashews and raisins, freshly chopped coriander leaves and black pepper powder.

Notes

Ghee Rice Recipe Note

Don't add a lot of water to cook ghee rice, then it may become soggy without fluffy rice.
Before serving ghee rice you can also sprinkle sweet cranberries, almonds and a 2 tablespoon of melted ghee on top of the rice.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

4
Amount Per Serving Calories 1190Total Fat 24gSaturated Fat 12gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 44mgSodium 823mgCarbohydrates 257gFiber 14gSugar 172gProtein 13g

Disclaimer: The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.