Basic Malabar Ghee Rice / Naichoru


Basic  Malabar Ghee Rice / Naichoru

Ingredients
  • 2 cups biryani rice or use best quality basmati rice
  • 3 1/2 cups hot water
  • salt,as needed
  • few fresh spices(cloves,bay leaves,star anise,cardamom)
  • 1 tbs ghee / clarified butter
  • 1 onion
  • cashew nuts and raisins, to garnish
  • 1 tsp fresh garam masala
  • 1 drop rose essence
Directions
Heat ghee in a thick bottomed vessel. Fry onion slices on low heat till golden brown and set aside.Fry cashews and raisins in the same pan and keep aside.Throw some fresh spices and saute till nice aroma appears. Add rice to this and fry for 1 minute (just warm up only so that rice is covered with ghee). Add hot water,adjust salt and add 1 drop of rose water. Cook the rice at high heat till the water starts to boil, then lower the heat and cook covered till rice becomes soft .Sprinkle fresh garam masala ,cover with aluminum foil and bake at 300 degrees F oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with ghee fried raisins,onions,cashews and some fresh cilantro leaves. Serve with spicy egg masala,chicken curry ,pickle,raita etc...




Comments

  1. lovely pic...I love the egg curry in the side!

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  2. One thing i am not a huge fan is ghee, but what i love is that egg curry you have on the side :-)

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  3. I prepare the same way but love to add some green peas and shallot..looks so delicious

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  4. But haven't thought abt add rose water and raisin..maybe ?I should add them for my son's B'day party and see how it taste..thanks for sharing dear...I wanted to prepare everything different for his b'day tis year:)

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  5. vrinda,

    Ghee choru looks really good. egg curry also good.

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  6. This is a family fav here...entethu draft-il kidakkan thudangeettu kurachu naalayi :-) mutta curry-yude color kidilan..

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  7. YUmm!!thats my fav..wat an excellent spread..

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  8. Ghee rice looks mouthwatering , love the side dish too !

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  9. Ghee rice! I love it and pics are so good. Mouthwatering dish.

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  10. I like ghee rice, but ur version is different! Looks palatable!

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  11. Ghee rice looks yummy and tasty!!nice pics..

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  12. yummy...i too add cloves in the ghee rice !!

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  13. Ghee rice luks perfect with all those spices...nice click.

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  14. Dear Vrinda
    This recipe is very new for me...sending it to SOMEONE to cook..Having Italian rissoto days in and days out ( I am a bong, cant survive on pasta every day,,so rice in any form will do even Italian big rice), I am just imagining that I am going to eat this in diner today
    hahve a nice week

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  15. What a delicious plate of Ghee Rice. Looks divine.

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  16. Wow!!! thats a royal rice with all those exotic spices:)

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  17. Wow!!! Neychoru looks so yummy!!!!
    love to have it with some spicy meat curry...

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  18. Looks mouthwatering Vrinda. This is one of fav, same pinch me too made this for lunch today :)

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  19. This is my last sunday menu.. We love this..looks so tempting again even i had already.. nice egg curry too dear.

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  20. wooow!!looks so beautiful and yummy.....

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  21. OMG...awesome photo Vrinda...rice looks so tempting with the egg curry :)

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  22. I love these rice dishes, looks awesome!

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  23. Sounds so fragrant with the addition of rose essence!

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  24. Simple but great in taste, love your picture too..

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  25. very yummy rice. love the presentation too...

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  26. one of my all time favs... love the clicks!

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  27. FANTASTIC naichoru! Egg curry is best combo for this rice. Beautiful presentation!

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  28. yummy delicious kerala special...nice presentation

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  29. Simple and colourful. I can smell the aroma of rose water.

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  30. love to have it with any spicy kurma....

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  31. love the picture..looks so delicious..

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  32. great clicks..what a nice flavorful rice..too good.

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  33. neichoorilai rose essence aroma evide varai ethi!!

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  34. looks colourful and perfect garnishing too...

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  35. hey vrinda....i always love malabar dishes...i m find of non veg items there....ghee rice looks rich n delicious..it looks like the traditional mughal authentic food delights....i love this one...my mom always prepare this for me...nice recipe...

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  36. Ingane kothipikaruthu dear....Iyoooo njan ivide vishannu kannu thalli irikumbozha ithokke kanunnathu.

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  37. Fantastic Recipe !! Being a Rajasthani Ghee is something i always love !! Fantastic

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  38. Yummy ghee rice....mutta curry adipoli, its color is making me drool :).

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  39. Hi Vrinda! Tks for the visit ya! ;)

    Wow, U've got huge collection of recipes here! I'm drooling over ur NeiSoru...! and the tempting cake below! ;) hehehe

    I'm following U :D

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  40. Oh the ghee rice sounds grand. Loving the egg curry. Wondering about how it would be for breakfast (good, I think!) Mouth-watering photos.

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  41. Adipoli..vayi vellam varunnu...egg curryum kidillan...

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  42. OMG, lovely rice dish... Aromatic and very tempting I would need 2 platters to satisfy myself!!!

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  43. great looking dish. thats a great recipe for one pot meal. a life saver.

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  44. wow rich n yummy ghee rice, vl taste superb...yumm

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  45. My favorite comfort food these days!! I am drooling away at the pics!

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  46. This looks tantalizing and so irresistible that I could eat a whole bowl of this. Keeping this recipe. Thank you for sharing...it looks and sounds like a keeper!

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