JEERA RICE / CUMIN RICE

JEERA RICE / CUMIN RICE... Most popular Indian rice dish prepared with jeera or cumin seeds and basmati rice. This is my favorite dish which is very simple to prepare with a very few ingredients. I love this dish to eat with Dal fry(recipe updating soon...) which is a perfect combination for this.

JEERA RICE WITH DAL FRY

Preparation time : 15-20 mins
Cooking time : 20-25 mins
Serves 3

INGREDIENTS

• 1-2 tbsp jeera seeds / cumin seeds
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• 1 and 1/2 glass basmati rice ( soaked)
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste (optional)
• Salt as per taste
• 2 and 1/2 glass water
• 3-4 tbsp oil  

PREPARATION

• Clean and soak the basmati rice for 15-20 mins.
• In the meanwhile grind 1 inch ginger and 6-7 garlic cloves into fine paste.

METHOD OF COOKING  

• Take a wide cooking pan and add oil.
• Once the oil is heat add jeera seeds, curry leaves and ginger garlic paste. Let them fry for 2-3 mins.
• Add water and salt. Let it boil on high flame.
• Once it boils add the soaked basmati rice and mix. Let it boil.
• Once the boiling starts, reduce the rice to slow flame and keep the lid on the cooking pan.
• Let it cook on slow flame. Check the rice in between.
• When the water gets completely absorbed off the stove and leave it for 5 mins.
• Serve hot with Dal fry or any of your gravy curry as per your choice. 

TIPS 

• Do not mix the rice in between when it is cooking on low flame. Mixing the rice in between makes it sticky.