Ghee Pulao

I'm doing a 6-week Indian cooking class at the local high school at the moment, and we just had our first class last night (OK, I admit it, the class was actually the inspiration behind starting this blog, so I don't lose the recipes!)

So each week I'll post the recipes that we work with - I think we'll be doing two recipes a week.

The first recipe this week is rice, to go with a main meal, which this week was Murg Masala.

However... Ghee Pualo:

Ingredients
• Basmati rice 1 cup
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Onion (medium) 1
• Ghee or oil 3 Tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp or to taste

Method
1. Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes in two cups of water.
2. Peel and slice onion lengthwise into thin slices.
3. Heat ghee/oil in a pot, add cumin seeds and once it starts to crackle, add onions.
4. Fry until brown.
5. Add rice with water and add salt. Cover and bring to boil.
6. Reduce heat to low, stir once and cover with lid again. Cook until all water is absorbed.
7. Serve hot.

Serving suggestions: serve with Chicken Masala or any other mains.