Breakfast
Ghee rice
Nei choru — fragrant rice fried in ghee with fried onion, the hotel plate beside chicken roast.
About
Ghee rice (nei choru / neychoru) is short- or long-grain rice toasted in ghee with whole spices and fried onion. Kerala hotels serve it with chicken roast, mutton curry, or a boiled egg — a Friday and feast rice that is simpler than biryani.
Course
Main
Region
Statewide
Typically with
Chicken roast, mutton curry, raita
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