Ghee Rice/ Nei soru

Ingredients:

Basmati rice -  1 cup

Coconut -  3/4 cup

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Salt

To temper:

Bay leaf - 1


Cinnamon - 1"

Cloves - 4

Cardamom - 2

Onions - 1 big - chop it fine lengthwise

Green Chillies - 5,6 - slit into 2

Curry leaves - few

Ginger - 1" - cut into julieness

Garlic - 10 pieces - chop fine

Tomato - 1 chop fine


Method:

1. Wash and soak rice for 15 min. Drain water and keep it aside.

2. Add warm water to coconut and take 2 cups of milk. (if you dont get 2 cups, make it 2 cups by adding plain water to it).

3. In a pressure pan, heat ghee and temper the given ingredients.

4. Add onions, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger, garlic and finally tomato one by one and stir fry each till raw smell goes.

5. Now add rice and fry it for few min.

6. Add coconut milk and salt.

7. When boils, i.e., when bubbles arise, close the cooker and keep weight.

8. Lower the flame at once and cook for 10 min.

9. Cool and open.

10. Serve with any thogayal/ non veg kurma.