How to make Jeera Rice -
Rice cooked along with cumin seeds and whole spices tempered in ghee – aromatic and flavourful.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Basmati Rice (बासमती चावल), Cumin Seeds (जीरा)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Rice
For more recipes related to Jeera Rice checkout Vegetable Hyderabadi Biryani, Jodhpuri Vegetable Pulao, Sabz Biryani, Vegetable Biryani . You can also find more Rice recipes like Tawa Pulao Kolambi bhaat Tiranga Pulao Dalia Bhaat
Jeera Rice Recipe Card
Its versatility is unsung. There is not a dish that doesn’t taste great with a side of jeera rice. Cumin seeds and select whole spices sautéed in ghee add plenty of flavour to plain rice when cooked together. With a final garnish of fresh coriander leaves a plate of jeera rice served piping hot is the ideal form of comfort food. Have it with dal, sabzi, curry or just some yogurt and pickle – a jeera rice will always come through in satisfying your taste buds.
Prep Time : 26-30 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Jeera Rice Recipe
Basmati Rice 1 1/2 cups
Cumin Seeds 2 teaspoons
Ghee 1 1/2 tablespoons
Bay leaf 1
Black cardamom 1
Cinnamon 2 two inch to cook
Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Wash rice thoroughly and soak in water for half an hour. Drain.
Step 2
Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cardamom and cinnamon.When cumin seeds crackle, add the rice. Add salt to taste.
Step 3
Stir till ghee coats every grain of rice and it looks glossy. Add three cups of water. Bring to a boil. Stir once. Reduce heat to minimum and cover the pan with a lid. Leave a little gap, otherwise water will boil over.
Step 4
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. Serve hot with any curry.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1280 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 24.4 gm
Protein : 233.7 gm
Fat : 27.5 gm
Other : 0
Most Visited Recipes
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.
