Ghia Anna also called `Ghia rice` is a dish popular in the Odhisa state of India. Due to its simplicity, this dish is also consumed by people of different Indian states. The basic ingredients of Ghia Anna are rice, ghee, curry leaves and cumin seeds to name a few. This recipe is very simple and healthy and is a delight for the health conscious food lovers. Ghia Anna is easy to make and can be prepared at home.
Ingredients of Ghia Anna
•2 cups rice
•2 tablespoon ghee
•2 tablespoon split Bengal gram
•1 teaspoon cumin seeds
•2 table spoon lime juice
•2 red chillies
•10 curry leaves
•Salt to taste
Method of Preparing Ghia Anna:
•For 1 hour soak split Bengal gram or the dal in water.
•Boil the dal and rice in pressure cooker with 4 cups water and salt.
•In a separate pan, heat the ghee. Add cumin seeds, chillies and curry leaves.
•Add this to the boiled rice and dal and mix properly.
•Add lime juice and mix.
•Serve.
Another method of preparing Ghia Anna with slight change in the ingredients:
Ingredients of Ghia Anna:
•2 cups of cooked rice
•2-3 bay leaves
•Handful of cashew nuts and raisins
•1 tablespoon of ghee
•1 tea spoon of cumin seeds
•1 tea spoon of lemon juice
•Salt to taste
Method of Preparing Ghia Anna:
•Firstly, cook rice with a little bit of salt and make sure the rice is not over done.
•Heat a kadhai. Add ghee and bay leaves and the nuts and the cumin seeds.
•Once the seeds splutter, add the raisins and take off the heat.
•Add the lemon juice to the rice and add the seasoning from above and mix well.
•Serve.
This delicious dish is generally relished by teaming up with a side dish. The different side dishes that can be served with Ghia Anna are dalama, vegetable curries etc. It can be consumed as lunch as well as dinner food item.
