Neychoru (Kerala Spiced Ghee Rice)
Neychoru is a fragrant Kerala Malabar (Mappila Muslim) ghee rice — basmati cooked in ghee with whole spices (cardamom, star anise, bay leaf, fennel), finished with cashews, raisins, dry apricots, and onions. Classic side for Malabar biryani, korma, and chicken curries.
Ingredients
- onion — 1 piece (chopped)
- Star Anise — 1 piece (ground)
- Fennel Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)
- Water — 0.25 cup (whole)
- raisins — 2 piece (chopped)
- Cashew Nuts — 4 piece (whole)
- green chillies — 2 piece (chopped)
- apricots — 1 piece (chopped)
- ginger garlic paste — 1 tbsp (ground)
- Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)
- bay leaf — 1 piece (whole)
- Basmati Rice — 398 g (soaked)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Ghee — 1 tbsp (whole)
Method
- To prepare Ghee Rice Recipe | Neychoru, in a pan/Pressure cooker add in a tbsp of ghee and fry the Raisins apricot and Cashew nuts and set aside.In the Same pan add in a quarter portion of the sliced Onions and fry till dark brown set that also aside.
- In the same pan add in another tbsp. of Ghee and then add in Fennel Seeds, Cinnamon sticks, Star Anise, Green Cardamom, Clove and Bay Leaves once they emits a nice flavour add in the Slit Green Chillies and fry for a minute.
- Fry it well for about 5 minutes in low flame.Mix well and add the measured water now you can keep the stove in a high flame add in required salt and mix well.Add in the remaining 1 tbsp of Ghee and once the water starts to boil close the cooker and cook for a whistle.
- Wait till the pressure gets released by itself and then open the cooker.Carefully fluff with a fork.
- Now top the Ghee Rice Recipe | Neychoru with the reserved onions and nuts and serve hot with Kozhi Kuzhambu (non-veg) or Senai Kizhangu Ghostu (veg) and Tadka Raita for complete meal.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Neychoru (Kerala Spiced Ghee Rice)?
- 434 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.