Thalassery Special Ghee Rice | Malabar Special Neychoru

How to prepare Thalassery/Malabar style Neychoru/Ghee Rice?

Thalassery/Malabar is famous for foodies. Once of the best and most famous Biriyani in Kerala is available in this small City called Thalassery. There is a specialty in Ghee rice too in this area. Ghee rice you get from Thalassery will not have any additional ingredients except bista (Fried Onion) cashew nuts and raisins. We use only Jeera rice to make Biriyani/Ghee rice. Here I am showing how to make authentic Thalassery style Ghee rice.

Thalassery Special Ghee Rice | Malabar Special Neychoru

Ingredients:-

• Jeera Rice – 2 Cup/Glass (Around 230 ml)
• Oil - 1 Tbsp
• Ghee – 2 Tbsp
• Cloves - 10
• Cardamom - 5
• Cinnamon Stick – 1 Inch
• Dry pepper - 10
• Star Anise - 1
• Fennel Seeds – ½  Tsp
• Water – 3 Cup and 3 Tbsp (1 ½ Cup water for 1 Cup rice and 3 Tbsp extra)
• Lemon Juice – 1 Tbsp Squeezed from half portion of the lemon
• Onion for Bista – 3 Big onion finely chopped

 

Preparation:-

• Keep one big vessel in a stove and add 1 Tbsp oil and 2 Tbsp ghee
• Once it become hot add spices (Cloves -8 , Star Anise -1, Cinnamon Stick – 1 Inch, Cardamom - 5, Dry pepper - 10, Fennel Seeds – ½ Tsp) into it and sauté well
• Add rice into the vessel and stir well until the rice starts breaking. Keep the flame in medium
• Add 1 Tbsp lemon juice (squeezed from half portion of the lemon) into the water
• Once it starts boiling close the vessel with a lid and keep a weight on top of the vessel
• Make sure to keep the flame between low and medium and cook for 6 min
• Open the lid and mix the rice after 6 min.
• Again close the vessel with a lid and keep a weight on top of the vessel. Cook for 1 to 1 ½ min at LOW flame and then switch off the stove. Keep it aside for 5 min without taking the weight.
• To prepare the bista (Onion Fry), cut the 3 big onion as much thin as possible
• Heat a pan and pour oil into it. Add finely chopped onion and sauté well until it become dark brown
• Heat a pan and add ghee into it. Fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside
• Open the lid and mix the rice. Let’s garnish the rice with bista(Onion fry), cashew and raisins. Ghee rice is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu