Restaurant Style Ghee Rice Recipe Instant Pot Stove Top

Let the name not mislead you.It’s not just Ghee and Rice, but it’s GHEE RICE!It’s the most epic form of rice ever! This is a famous rice recipe from Kerala though the preparation isn’t very distinctively Malabar.It’s usually served along with curries like Kerala Chicken Curry and Prawn Curryon special occasions and festivals.

Dietary details of Ghee Rice

Ghee rice is naturally gluten free.This is not an everyday recipe but something to be made once in a while or on festivals and special occasions.It’s a rich recipe which is high in both carbs and fat.

How to make Ghee Rice Healthy

There are a lot of ways of making Ghee Rice Healthier. For starters, you could drastically reduce the amount of ghee in the rice.The smart way to do this would be use minimum amount of ghee while making the rice and frying the onions in little oil instead of ghee. The other way of making Ghee Rice healthy is by replacing rice with millets. Foxtail Millet or Kodo Millet is a perfect replacement for the rice in this dish.This replacement will reduce the amount of carbs and fats in the dish. Ghee rice recipe is super simple.It can be made in a heavy bottom pot or instant pot.Though you can easily make it in one pot, I prefer to break down the recipe in 2 pots.The frying on stove top and the making of rice in a rice pot or instant pot. Read my review on instant pot in Indian kitchen here.

What to serve Neyichoru with

Though Ghee rice is a speciality from Kerala you can serve it with anything! I usually like it with Nadan Chicken Curry ,Chicken Peralan and some Dal.I frankly love it with some Rajma too.