Jeera Rice

Whoever loves the fragrance and taste of jeera (cumin) in their dishes will love this Jeera Rice Recipe. Even if you are not a big fan of cumin, I think you will enjoy this flavorful rice. You need to try it once; I must say, your children and family members will definitely love it and may even ask you to make it every day. 🙂 Enjoy it with a vegetable dish or eat it on its own; have it however you like.

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Jeera Rice

Recipe by Vipasha

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Course: Dinner, Lunch, MainCuisine: Indian

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Calories

200

kcal

Soak time

30

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

This Jeera Rice Made up by cooking basmati rice with jeera and then mix with coriander leaves. Can have with any gravy dish.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice (बासमती चावल) – 1 1/2 cups

• Cumin (जीरा) – 2 tsp.

• Blarified Butter (घी) – 1 1/2 tsp.

• Bay (तेज) Leaf – 1

• Black Cardamom (बड़ी इलायची) – 1

• Green Cardamom (छोटी इलायची) – 2

• Cinnamon (दालचीनी) – 2 two inch

• Mace (जावित्री) – 1 or 2 threads

• Water (पानी) – 3 cups

• Coriander Leaves – 6 sprigs

• Salt (नमक) as per taste.

Directions

• Wash Basmati rice thoroughly and soak in water for 30-40 minutes.
• After 30-40 minutes drain the rice and keep aside.
• Heat the clarified butter in a pan. On a low or medium flame when the oil becomes hot, add cumin (जीरा), bay (तेज) leaf, black cardamom (बड़ी इलायची), green cardamom (छोटी इलायची) cinnamon (दालचीनी) & mace (जावित्री).
• When cumin seeds start crackling, add the basmati rice and salt as per taste. Stir and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
• Add three cups of water and bring it to a boil. Stir once.
• On a medium flame, cover the pan with a lid. Leave a little gap, otherwise water will boil over. Rice will be done when holes appear on the surface and water has been completely absorbed.
• Fork the rice out onto a serving dish. This will separate each grain.
• Now chop the coriander leaves and mix well them with rice with fork and serve hot.

Notes

• You can also make the jeera rice in the pressure cooker, for this add 2 1/4 cups water.
• If using onions, then thin slice them and brown caramelize them first before adding them to the soaked rice. This gives nice light brown color to rice.
• To add nice yellow color, use pinch of turmeric (हल्दी) or a pinch of saffron (केसर).
• For fragrance, add few drops of rose essence while you stir rice in-between.

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