Jeera rice is a popular fried rice dish having the flavour of cumin that’s easy to make and goes well with any Indian side dish or gravy.

Jeera Rice

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By Vinay Kumar

Feb, 15th

692

Servings

4 persons

Cook Time

35 minutes

Ingredients

7 - 9

Ingredients

1 cup long-grain basmati rice
2-¼ cup Water
2 tablespoon Ghee
1 Bay leaf
1 stick Cinnamon
1 green chilli
1 black cardamom
2 teaspoon Jeera
salt to taste

Instructions

Wash rice under running tap water 2-3 times, until water comes clean.Soak rice for 30 minutes.In a deep heavy bottom pan or dutch oven heat ghee.
Add cinnamon, bay leaf, black cardamom, green chilli, and cumin. Saute for a minute until aromatic.Drain rice well in a colander. Add drained rice to the pot.Toss the rice well in the oil, so that rice gets coated well in ghee.
Roast rice for 2 minutes, tossing in between to prevent it from browning.Add warm water, salt. Let it come to a boil.Reduce heat/flame and close the lid. Cook it on low heat for 10-12 minutes.At the end of 12 minutes, there would barely be any water left
Keep it covered and rest undisturbed for 10 minutes.Fluff rice using a fork. Sprinkle chopped coriander.

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