Ingredients

• Basmati rice - 2 cups
• Water - 3 cups
• Spices - 4 each (cinnamon, clove, cardamom)
• Onion - 1 large, finely sliced
• Ghee - 50 g
• Oil - for deep frying the onion
• Cashews - 10
• Raisins - 10
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Simple Ghee Rice

• Heat oil in a kadai and saute the cashews and the raisins. Fry the onions separately and keep aside.
• In the meanwhile, soak rice for 1/2 hour.
• In a vessel, cook rice with the salt, spices and water.
• When the rice is 3/4 done, pour ghee over the rice, cover and cook for 10-15 mins.
• Let it cool.
• Garnish with fried cashews, raisins and onion.
• Serve hot with any spicy chicken or mutton curry and pappodoms.