GHEE RICE / NEI SORU

 

GHEE RICE / NEI SORU
A Perfect Combo for Chicken or Mutton curries
Easy	30 minutes	Lunch	05 Servings

Ghee rice is very flavorful and easy to make main course. Muslim style ghee rice tastes best with chicken curry, chicken pepper roast, mutton roast and mutton gravy. As the name implies, ghee rice is prepared using ghee. Nei soru is just what the name says - nei means ghee and soru means rice in tamil. We prepare this on special occasions like festivals or family get together. Ghee rice needs very few ingredients and its a plain rice without any masalas. For any events if you are trying to find a good alternative for briyani's then this gonna be your best option. Veg lovers can try this with Mushroom pepper masala or paneer curry.		INGREDIENTS Oil – 2 Tbsp Ghee – 4 Tbsp Cinnamon – 1 No Cardomom – 2 No Cloves – 2 No  Bay leaf – 1 No Whole cashews – 7 No Onion (Thinly sliced) – 1 No Tomato (Chopped) – 2 No's Green chilli (Slited) – 4 No's Ginger garlic paste – 2 Tbsp Coriander leaves – Few Mint leaves – Few Zeeraga samba rice – 600 grams Water – 1500 ml Lemon juice – (1/2) No Rock salt – As per taste

 

 

 

TIPS TO GET THE GHEE RICE PERFECT 1. I prefer using double deer zeera samba rice. It gives a nice aroma and flavour. 2. Don't rinse the zeeraga samba rice more than twice before cooking. 3. Lemon juice is added to give softness to the rice. 4. You can use all ghee instead of mixture of oil and ghee. 5. Adding cashews along with whole spices adds up a rich flavour. 6. Use fresh mint leaves to get the luscious rice. 7. The recipe quantity can be adjusted according to the family.

INSTRUCTIONS 1.  Wash and soak the zeeraga samba rice for 15 minutes. 2.   In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee. Add all the spices (Cinnamon, cardomom, cloves and bayleaf) let it fry for a minute. Add cashews and fry. 3.  Add in onions and saute until they turn translucent add green chiilies along and saute. 4.  To the onions add ginger garlic paste fry until you get rid of raw smell, add tomatoes and saute them. 5.  Add in coriander leaves and mint leaves. 6.  Once everything sauteed add water and required quantity of rocksalt, give it a mix. 7.  As the water begins to boil, add the soaked rice and gently mix them. 8.  Add half lemon juice to the rice and stir it. 9.  Close the pressure cooker lid and cook for 1 whistle on high flame and 5 minutes on medium flame. 10.  Switch off the flame and allow the pressure to release naturally. 11.  Open the pressure cooker, ghee rice is ready to serve.