Ghee Rice

An extremely tasty, subtly flavoured rice dish, absolutely palatable, from the treasury of my mother's recipes. Was made on special days, served with a special dal for accompaniment, or as it is.

Ingredients

2 cups long grain basmati rice cooked with a little ghee, some white peppercorns and salt and cooled.
2 onions chopped into thin long pieces
6 roughly crushed garlic cloves
1 inch of cinnamon, 3 cloves pounded in the mortar pestle
Salt if required, since we already cooked the rice with salt
1/4 tspn of sugar
2 tspns of lime juice

Method

In a pan take 4 tspns of ghee, add the pounded spices, wait for the aromas to be released, then add the crushed garlic, saute a bit, add the onions, let them turn almost brown, like caramelised, then add the rice, salt if necessary, the lime juice and the sugar, stir to mix well and your delightful rice is ready.