Ghee rice (Nei Choru)

So yummy and relished by all in the family right from children to elders. It has to be eaten with egg curry or mutton curry.When we were in Bangalore, there was a muslim hotel  on CMH Road where we used to get this ghee rice on weekends.My daughter was 1 1/2 yrs old but she used to enjoy this rice.This is generally made with jeera sambha rice.This rice is very flavorful and has a wonderful aroma.But I used basmati.

Ghee Rice

Basmati - 1cup
water - 1 1/2 cup
onions- 1 small sliced
ginger garlic paste- 1tbsp
green chillies- 1 chopped
ghee- 4 tbsp
oil- 2 tbsp
cardamom- 2
cinnamon -1 "
cloves- 2
salt
raisins- 2tsp
cashews- 2tsp

Method:
Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes.Add 1tbsp ghee in a pan and roast the cashews and raisins.
Keep it aside.
Heat oil and 2tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker.When hot add  cardamom,cinnamon and cloves.
Add onions and saute for 2 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste.
Now add water and salt.
Let it boil. Now pour the ghee used for roasting into the boiling water.
Give 1 whistle and simmer for 3 minutes.
Remove from fire.Let it stand for 20-30 minutes.
Transfer the rice into a bowl and throw in the cashews and raisins. mix well.

Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Ripe bananas-1&1/2 cup(3 medium)
raisins- 3 tbsp
walnut - chopped- 3tsp
all purpose flour-2 &1/2 cups
baking powder- 2tsps
salt- 3/4
baking soda- 1/2 tsp
milk- 1/4 cup
vanilla extract- 2tsps
butter- 1 stick(1/2 cup)
sugar- 1cup
eggs-2 large

Method:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Evenly grease 9"x5" metal loaf pan.
In a bowl combine flour,baking pwd, salt and baking soda.
In a another bowl combine bananas,milk and vanilla.
In a large bowl beat butter and sugar light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time,reduce speed to low alternatively add flour mixture and banana mixture.
Occasionally scrap with rubber spatula. Mix raisins and walnut also.Beat just until blended.
Pour batter into the pan.Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean ie.. about 1 hr an 10 minutes.
Remove and cool.

Note:
use the most ripened bananas for best flavor.