Delicious, Flavorful Ney Choru-Ghee Rice-Kerala Style Ghee Rice Anyone?
Kerala, the God’s Own Country, is also referred to as the, ‘Land of Spices’. Each region has a delectable culinary repertory of it own. Today I am sharing a delicious Malabar special Ney Choru/Ghee Rice. Rice infused with flavor of spices, dry fruits and ghee give a unique taste. This pairs well with any spicy mutton or chicken curry or any vegetable curry. This ghee rice preparation is very simple and easy to make and every common preparation for special occasions like family gatherings or parties. If your looking for a variation from Briyani and Pulav, don’t hesitate. This recipe is exactly what you ought to try…Enjoy!
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How to Make Ney Choru-Ghee Rice Recipe – Malabar Special | Kerala Style Ghee Rice-Nei Choru
Ney Choru-Ghee Rice Recipe-Malabar Special | Kerala Style Ghee Rice
Ingredients
- Basmati rice /Jeerakasala rice : 2 cups
- Ghee : 3 tbsp
- Onion : 1 medium, sliced
- Water : 4 cups
- Cardamom /Ellaka : 4 nos
- Cinnamon /Patta /Karugapatta : 2 pieces of 1" stick
- Cloves /Grambu : 4 nos
- Bay Leaves /Karuvaela : 2 leaves
- Crushed Pepper Corns : few
- Cumin Seeds /Jeerakam : a pinch
- Salt to taste
- For Garnishing :
- Ghee :1 tbsp
- Cashews : handfull
- Raisins /Unakka Munthiri : 1/2 handful
- Onion : 1 small, sliced
Instructions
- Wash the rice well and soak it for for half an hour.
- Heat 1tbsp ghee in a pan ,fry the sliced onions until golden brown,drain and remove it, in the remaining ghee, fry cashews and raisins, drain and remove it and keep it aside.
- In a same pan heat 3 tbsp of ghee, add all the spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaves, cumin, pepper corns) saute for 2 minutes now add sliced onions and saute the onion until translucent.
- Drain water from the rice and add the rice to the pan. Fry in medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
- Add water and salt and cover the pan with a lid, cook until the rice is done and all the water is absorbed.Occasionally check the rice in between and stir to prevent rice sticking to the bottom..
- Garnish with fried onions, cashews & raisins.
- Serve with Malabar Chicken Curry or any curry of your choice and enjoy!
Notes
Hope you will try this Ney Choru-Ghee Rice/Malabar Ghee Rice-Nei Choru and enjoy as much we did. Serve with Spicy chicken or Mutton Curry or with any vegetable curries as you like and Enjoy! Kindly do revert back to me if you try…would love to hear your opinion.
Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
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Hi Rafeeq, You are welcome and thank you so much for trying this recipe :)Please do try out other recipes too when you have time. Hope you will like it.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Tnx ma’m its an awsome treasure tnx again like it
I don't think so coz it is not a healthy diet as it causes colastrol
Simple yet flavorful, love this method of cooking basmati rice.
We cook amira basmati rice almost every day as part of the main course
Hello Babooty, I made it with basmathi rice because, I couldn't find jeerakashala rice anywhere here in US. 🙁 Thanks for the great info…Much appreciated!Hope to see you around more!
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Naichore aka ghee rice is tradionaly made using short rice variety and ideally jeerakashala rice
Priya, sreesha, mykitchen,messo,kiran,pria and mythreyi thank u very much for ur sweet comments.:)
Yummy ghee rice, love to have it with mushroom curry!!!
neychoru looks drool worthy 🙂
my all time fav….good click dear
That rice looks very tasty, the pic is so appetizing!
Neychoru looks yummy…. made me hungry
Simple & Delicious one,looks beautiful
Ghee rice looks scrumptious dear:)
neychoru adipoli ayittu ondallo…:)
Thanks all for ur wonderful comments..do try this one and let me know….Cheers!!
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How irresistible it is! So awesome and droolworthy! Lovely clicks! Slurpy side dish!
Looks delicious and feel like having now. Absolutely wonderful and mouth watering pictures.
Delicious Rice…my fav!
Sangeetha………ghee rice looks sooooooooo delicious dear…
A simple and very tasty rice and I love it.Also thank u for leaving wonderful comments in my blog.
Just love this delicious ghee rice, i do prepare often than briyanis..my lil one's fav:)
Looks nice.Adding fried onions sounds good.Will try next next time.
Perfectly mild and yet so delicious!! Yummy dish, Sangee!!
My Fav.Simple and delicious.Nice pic too..
Well presented…looks delicious.
One of my favorites and so very flavorful!
I love this with spicy alu korma..
Dear Sangeetha
Very nice dish simple and fast and quite a healthy food. As soon as my wife leaves for a short break to her parents, I will make it…I am tagging it.
yummy with any meat dishes….
Wow!!! Neychoru looks so yummy!!!!
love to have it with some spicy meat curry…
wow thats my fav with chicken curry…urs look so delicious…
i love nei choru……yummmm…comfort food!
yummy yumm ghee rice…simple and delicious one…:-)
Oopsssss looks awesome…Good clicks
wow this looks like a great rice dish!
This rice can pair up with any gravy side. What a versatile one??!!!
Looks delicious….
My all time fav dear,would lov to eat with chicken curry,yummmmmmmm
Nice Garnishing!!
Ghee rice.. will go with any accompanyment well!!
Ghee rice looks so yummy… perfect to have with any spicy curry 🙂
Wow! That looks fantastic!
What a perfect rice recipe for me! My cousin gave me a bag of basmati rice a while ago and I've been wondering what I'm gonna do with it. We usually eat Calrose rice (Japanese short grain)so we aren't used to different kind of rice except Jasmine. I'll definitely try this recipe very soon, thanks for sharing, Sangeetha:)
Oh my, how incredible beautiful! I love rice with cashews… Your photos are incredible, too!
Thank you so much for your very, very sweet comments on my blog… 🙂 You always leave the sweetest comments! 🙂 Your words always make my day!:-)
Ghee rice look so delicious and simple Sangeetha! Lovely click!