Ghee rice/Nei chooru

Ingredients:-

Ghee - 1tbsp
Refined oil - 1tbsp
Onions - 2 medium, sliced
Green chillies - 2(slit lengthwise)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1" piece
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 2
Basmati rice - 1cup(washed and drained)
Water - 2cups(if you are making rice in a covered sauce pan) or 1.5 cups(if you are making in a pressure cooker)
Salt - to taste
Kismis - 10
Cashewnut - 10

Preparation:-
Take a sauce pan and add refined oil(1/2 tbsp) and ghee(1/2 tbsp). When its hot, add dry fruits(cashew nut and kismis). Kismis will fatten up and become light brown and cashew nut will become slightly brown. Take a perforated spoon so that you can filter and remove the dry fruits from oil. Add half the quantity of sliced onions to the oil and fry till it becomes brown. One easy way to quicken this is to add little salt. Once the onion turns brown, transfer it to a plate. Dry fruits and fried onions will be used for garnishing at the end.

In the same kadai, add rest of the ghee and oil(1/2 tbsp each). When its hot, add cinnamon stick, cardamom and cloves. Fry them for few seconds and add onions, green chilies and ginger garlic paste. Fry till the raw smell goes. Add basmati rice to this and fry till rice is coated in oil. Add 2 cups of hot water if you are planning to prepare this in the same sauce pan. Cover and cook for 20 mins in small flame. When its almost done, add salt and give it a good mix.

If you are planning to make it in pressure cooker, add 1.5 cups of water to the rice and cook for 2 whistles.

Once cooked, remove it to a serving bowl and garnish with the dry fruits and onions.

You can have this with vegetable kurma/curry.