For Day 2 under Special Theme , I am posting recipes from the Parsi Cuisine which I posted during our Mega Marathon under Protein Rich .When I read Caramelised Rice , for a minute I thought it must be some kind of sweet rice with caramel . The rice does require some sugar , but only to lend it a tint of brown . After reading the recipe , I was amused because this is how my mil used to cook the Sindhi Bhuga Chawara . The difference is only of the added spice in Sindhi Cuisine .
The Parsi Caramelised Rice is served with most Parsi Dishes like Dhanshaak , Parsi Daal etc . The rice is simple but tastes fantastic and the highlight of this rice dish is the fried onions , they give the rice an excellent crunch .
Caramelised Rice
Ingredients
1 cup basmati rice
1 onion, sliced
1-2 bay leaves
1 stick cinnamon
2-3 cloves
1 tsp ghee
1 tsp oil
Salt to taste
Method
Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan and then add the sugar. Let the sugar boil without mixing. In a couple of minutes the sugar will caramelize to a golden .
Add the rice and 2 cups water.
In another pan heat the ghee and add the whole spices .
Add the onions and cook till pink.
Add the fried onions and spices to the boiling rice.
Caramelised Rice
Caramelized rice is a Parsi delicacy, these are flavored with onions and taste awesome with Dhaanshak, they taste excellent on their own too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 onion sliced
- 1-2 bay leaves
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 2-3 cloves
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 tsp oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan and then add the sugar. Let the sugar boil without mixing. In a couple of minutes the sugar will caramelize to a golden .
- Add the rice and 2 cups water.
- In another pan heat the ghee and add the whole spices .
- Add the onions and cook till pink.
- Add the fried onions and spices to the boiling rice.
Can smell the aroma of this fantastic rice, that bowl of caramelised rice is seriously very tempting.
Rice looks beautiful Vaishali, i bet it tastes delicious too !!
Ah yes with dhansak! What a combo :)) these pictures are so differently nice from
The earlier ones Vaishali. Has ur photo set up location changed or u using a light box. They look so professional
Thanks Kalyani .
No I am not using a light box , but using porta light , which helps in getting better pics .
Rice looks soo good with the fried onions.
Sweeter version with those caramlized sugar and onions just yumm.. Awesome share..
Love this rice…this is similar to ghee Rice
What an aromatic and delicious looking Parsi rice. Perfectly cooked basmati.
I bet this rice is very aromatic and flavorful.
Every time I look at that spread it makes me drool. Seriously have to try it one day. Btw I love caramelised rice.
That must have been such an aromatic and flavorful rice. Beautiful presentation!
This is a gorgeous rice and I loved the mild sweetness it had when I made it. That whole spread is tempting me to try the recipes.
wow.. surely tasty dish… I loved this rice…
When I read the title, I thought that it would be something sweet, like a kheer. This looks so delicious.
vaishali you forgot to include the sugar in the list of ingredients. you might want to update with quantity of sugar. I tried this rice some years ago and loved it entirely