Ghee Rice in Rice Cooker

August 13, 2026

Ghee rice is a flavorful dish made with rice cooked in ghee, along with spices, green peas, and herbs. It’s perfect for lunchboxes and creates a wholesome meal when paired with your choice of curry, yogurt, and a side salad.

We enjoy this simple yet delicious rice alongside chickpea curry, egg curry, paneer curry, and raita.

I hope you try this easy recipe and enjoy it as much as we do!

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Ghee Rice in Rice Cooker

Cook Time30

Total Time30

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Flavor Rice, Ghee Rice, Indian Ghee Rice

Servings: 2

Ingredients

3-4 tbsp ghee
a few cashews
2-3 cloves
1 inch cinnamon
3 green cardamom
½ tsp fennel seeds
a pinch of black stone flower
a pinch of mace
1 bay leaf
slit green chilies add to taste
¼ medium onion finely chopped
½ tsp ginger garlic paste/powder
1 tsp crushed kasuri methi
½ cup green peas
some chopped coriander + mint leaves
1 ½ cups rice you can either use basmati rice or masoori rice
3 cups water
salt to taste

For garnishing(air-frying):

½ medium onion thinly sliced
½ tsp oil/ghee

Instructions

Turn on the rice cooker and add ghee.
Add cashews, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, black stone flower, bay leaf, fennel seeds, and mace. Then fry these in ghee until aromatic.
Add slit green chilies, chopped onions, and ginger garlic paste, and saute for two minutes.
Add kasuri methi. Green peas, coriander leaves and mint leaves, and saute these for another minute.
Add rice, water, and salt, and stir.
Cover and cook until rice is cooked.
Air-fry onions: In a bowl, toss thinly sliced onions with oil or ghee until well coated.
Preheat the air fryer to 400°F for 5 minutes. Add the thinly sliced onions to the air fryer basket and air fry at 400°F for 5-6 minutes, stirring halfway through with a spatula.
Add air-fried onions over the cooked ghee rice: Add the air-fried onions over the cooked ghee rice.
Serve: Serve hot ghee rice with your favorite curry and side of raita or yogurt. Enjoy!