South Indian Wedding Nei Choru / Perfect Ghee Rice

Prefect Ghee rice / Ney choru as it is commonly called is a famous delicacy of south india and it is extremly easy to make.. It is a speciality of malabar coastal region in kerala.. Kerala is also refered to as a "LAND OF SPICES".. Each region has it delectable culinary repertory of it own..Today iam sharing kerala famous South indian wedding ney choru / Perfect ghee rice..The rice infused with ghee gives a unique taste... 

The rice is roasted in ghee along with mint coriander masala and cooked with perfection and finally garnished with fried cashews, onions, coriander leaves and mint leaves.. It's pair well with any mutton or chicken recipes... I prepare this in common occasion like family gathering or parties...

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So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 40 mins

Serve - 2 to 3

Recipe source - Yummy tummy

Recipe cuisine - South Indian

INGREDIENTS :

Ghee - 2 tbspn

Bay leaf - 2 

Cinnamon sticks / Pattai - 2 small

Basmati rice - 1 cup

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Water -  1/2 cup

Salt - as needed

FOR GRINDING :

Green chilli - 3 nos

Garlic - 3 cloves  (peeled)

Ginger - 3 inch (peeled)

Coriander leaves - few

Mint leaves - few

FOR TOPPING :

Ghee - 4 tbspn

Cashew - 10 to 15 nos

Onion - 2 (sliced thinly)

Coriander leaves - a hand full

Mint leaves - a hand full

METHOD :

• Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 mins.. keep aside.
• Grind the ingredients into a smooth puree, set aside..
• Take a heavy bottom kadai and add in ghee, bay leaf, cinnamon sticks and let it sizzle...
• Add in gounded masala and fry it for few sec.. and then add in soaked rice..
• It will take around 5 to 6 mins till the masala is nicely coated with rice..
• Now add in coconut milk, water, salt and mix well.
• Cover the lid and cook tyhe rice to it's perfections..
• When the rice is cooked, let make the topping..
• Heat a pan with ghee and add in cashews, fry till golden and remove it to a plate.
• Then add in onion and fry till golden as well, remove it and set aside.
• Now add in chopped coriander leaves fry golden, drain and set aside.
• Atlast ass in mint leaves, fry golden, drain set aside.
• When the rice cool a bit, now add the fried things over the rice and fluff it up..
• Serve and enjoy..

NOTES :

1. Wash and soak the rice for good 30 mins.
2. Toss the rice well along with the masala and ghee, gets dry with no water content..
3. Rice nicely coated with the masala, it's takes 5 to 6 mins..
4. You can cook it pressure cooker as the same method given above and put them for 1 whistle and put the whole cooker on the tawa and cook (dum) for 15 mins..
5. Rice gets cooked to it's perfection...

PICTORIAL :

 Take measured rice in a bowl

 Add in water

Wash well and soak the rice for 30 mins

 Take the ingredients for grinding

 Add them to  ablender

Puree it till smooth

 Take all the ingredients to prepare rice

 Heat ghe in a pan 

 Add in cinnamon sticks and bay leaves

 Toss it lightly

 Add in masala puree

Toss it for 2 mins

 Drain the rice

 Add to the kadai

 Mix well till the rice coated with masala 

 It will take around 5 to 6 mins

 Now see the rice coated with masala

 Add in coconut milk

 And some water

 Mix well

 Add in salt

 Cover it with lid and cook

 Give a mix

 Now the rice ia almost done

 Simmer the stove and mix well

Perfectly cooked

Now the rice is done, keep aside

 Take the frying ingredients

 In a pan add ghee for deep frying

 Add in cashews till golden

 Remove it to a plate

 Add sliced onion to the ghee

 Toss well in the ghee

 Fry till light brown

 Transfer to a plate

 Add in chopped coriander leaves

 Remove it to a plate

 Roast mint leaves in rest of the ghee

 Transfer fried mint leaves to a plate

 Now topping over the rice

Mix it evenly

 Transfer them to a serving plate

Enjoy..