Cumin flavoured rice also known as jeera rice. It is usually made using rice and cumin seeds seasoning added. The rice can be served with any side dish, usually goes well with my jeera chicken
Jeera Rice Recipe
Jeera rice is my all time favourite dish to make. I make it quite often to serve it with paneer or chicken curries. Since it is very mild in flavour it taste yummy with spicy curries. I served this with butter chicken and it tasted yummy.
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How to Make Jeera Rice
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Sprinkle in cumin, cinnamon and bay leaf and mix well.
- Add in onions, green chillies, salt and cook till golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mins.
- Rice goes in and toss well. Add in water and mix well. Bring it to boil, cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Turn off the flame and let them pressure release by itself.
- Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve.
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Jeera Rice | Jeera Pulao Recipe | Jeera Rice Recipe
Cumin flavoured rice also known as jeera rice. It is usually made using rice and cumin seeds seasoning added. The rice can be served with any side dish, usually goes well with my jeera chicken
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Ghee - 1 tblspn
- Shahi Jeera ./ Black Cumin Seeds - 2 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm piece
- Bay Leaf - 2
- Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
- Green Chillies - 3 chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Water - 1.5 cup
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in cumin, cinnamon and bay leaf and mix well.
- Add in onions, green chillies, salt and cook till golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mins.
- Add in rice and toss well. Add in water and mix well. Bring it to boil, cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Turn off the flame and let them pressure release by itself.
- Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve.
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Jeera rice step by step pictures
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| Take your ingredients |
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| Soak basmati rice for 30 mins |
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| Drain it and set aside |
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| Heat ghee in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in a good amount of shahi jeera and cinnamon |
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| couple of bay leaf |
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| let them sizzle |
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| add in onions and chillies |
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| mix well |
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| add in salt |
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| cook till light golden |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| saute for 1 min |
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| add in drained rice |
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| mix well |
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| pour water |
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| mix well |
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| bring it to boil |
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| pressure cook |
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| rice done |
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| fluff it up |
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| Serve |
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Anonymous
Its really good . I made it often and used some mint leaves for amazing aroma .
Mumtaz begum
Really simple and superb
Anonymous
Hello Aarthi... can u tell me what quantity of rice have u taken... And for 1 kg rice what amount of water should i take... and as well as suggest me quantity of jeera and other masala perortions.... please rply
Anonymous
And number of whistles for 1 kg rice.. and i use a big 5 litre pressure cooker...Rply
Yummy jeera rice
yummy jeera rice it great chicken curry..But mam/sir can i use oly Shahi Jeera insted of cumin powder...
Aarthi
@Yummy jeera riceyes u can use
Anonymous
Hello Aarthi... can u tell me what quantity of rice have u taken... And for 1 kg rice what amount of water should i take... and as well as suggest me quantity of jeera and other masala perortions.... please rply nd number of whistles for 1 kg rice.....
Aarthi
@AnonymousIncrease the recipe 5 times.
Anonymous
Are there two types of cumin seeds? I think I have the lighter ones. Can I cook in a regular pot instead of a pressure cooker?
Aarthi
@AnonymousU can use any type of cumin, u can use normal cooking pot
umamahi
hie akka..can i use normal cumin seeds instead of shahi jeera? thanks:)
Aarthi
@umamahiyes u can use normal cumin
Anonymous
What is the best curry to have with this rice. Do u have the recipe for that
Aarthi
@Anonymouscheck in my recipe index..u can make chicken curry
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Amazing blog ! looks for delicious. spicy jeera rice thankyou for shearing this information with us!Online Food Delivery
Anonymous
U askd to cook for one whistle ..in medium high or low flame we need to leave for one whistle..as well as the steam needs to go by itself or we need to release some..which brand basmati rice u use
Aarthi
Once u get 1 whistle in low flame. Then turn off the heat, and let the steam go by itself. then open and fluff. i use india gate classic