Ghee Rice / Briyani Rice

A simple dish which i have seen my mom do since i was small. I like this dish due to its colourfulness. Chicken curry or green chicken or yogurt salad or mutton curry goes well with this rice.

Ingredients:-

2cups of Basmathi rice

2 tablespoon of garlic ginger paste

2 bay leaves

1 cinnamon

3 cardamons

3 star anise

3 cloves.

1 big onion

Frozen mix veggies or

1/2 cup of square chopped carrots

1/2 cup of peas

1/2 cup of corn

Ghee

Coriander and fried onions for garnishing.

Method:-

Soak the basmathi rice for 15-20 mins. Wash and drain the water away.

In a wok, put some ghee. When the ghee is hot, add the cinnamon, cardamons, star anise, cloves, bay leaves. Then add the chopped onions. When the onion is half cooked, add the ginger chilli paste. Stir fry for few mins.

Add the basmathi rice and the vegetables. And stir fry for 3 mins.

In a cooker rice, pour the basmathi rice from the wok. Add small salt and add abt approx of 2.5 cups of water.

Once the rice is cooked, take one tablespoon of ghee and mix well with the rice. Ready to serve.

P/S : Not sure of the measurement of water for the rice. Usually i will measure with my index finger. The water level should touch my 2nd line of my index finger.