Make sure your rice is cooked al dente and is not mushy.
Slice the onions, slit green chili and chop garlic.
Crush pepper coarsely.
Heat and pan with ghee and saute garlic for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add onions, green chili and fry until golden to light brown. Brown onions taste best here with a sweet aroma. So if you have time brown them like the biryani onions.
Add curry leaves and nuts. When the nuts turn golden, add raisins.
Saute for a minute until you get a nice aroma of raisins and ghee.
Then add black pepper and saute.
Add rice and sprinkle salt.
Mix and fry on a high flame just for 30 secs.
Serve ghee pepper rice hot with veggie salad.