Pressure Cooker Ghee Rice | Bachelor's Ghee Rice

Ghee rice in pressure cooker

Sometimes the most unique dishes can be the ones made with the least effort and time. Today I am going to share with you one such recipe which is a life saver when you have unexpected guests. This dish is quite special to me as i learnt it from my mom during my initial days in kitchen. Pressure cooker is always a time saver and this recipe also gets to be easy coz its cooked in the pressure cooker! Let's look into this amazingly easy dish.

Ingredients

• Basmati rice : 2.5 cups
• Water : 4.5 cups
• Cardomom pods : 5-6
• Cloves : 5-6
• Cinnamon stick : 1" piece broken
• Pepper corns : 8-10
• Bay leaf : 1
• Fennel seeds : 1/2 tsp (Optional)
• Ghee : 4-5 tbsp
• Salt : 1 tsp

Method

1. Heat the pressure cooker and add ghee and once ghee is hot add all the raw spices and saute for a minute.
2. Add the measured water
3. While the water is boiling wash the rice thoroughly and drain all excess water and add the rice to cooker. Add salt and mix well
4. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and wait for the first whistle and immediately put off the flame and wait for all the pressure to get released by itself
5. Once all pressure is released open and give a good mix and serve hot!

Easy Cooking!!
Shabana