Ingredients:
1 cup short grain or rounded rice
1/3 cup coarsely broken vermicelli
2 tbsp. rendered butter (ghee, clarified butter)
salt to taste
2 cup hot water (approx.)
Method:
- Wash rice in plenty of water,
- Soak in warm salted water for 30 minutes
- Drain, keep aside in sieve.
- Melt ghee butter in heavy pan, add vermicelli.
- Stir gently, till lightly browned.
- Add rice, stir gently again, till rice is coated with fat.
- Add salt and hot water, bring to a boil.
- Cover, reduce heat and simmer till rice is cooked.
- Check in-between, adding more water if necessary.
- Rice should be fully cooked but not mushy.
- Serve hot with stew, etc.
Making time: 30 minutes (excluding rice soaking time)
Makes: 4 servings
Shelflife: Best fresh
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