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    Home » Indian

    Published: Jan 27, 2016 · Modified: Mar 10, 2022 by Smruti · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

    Jeera Rice

    Jeera rice is an Indian dish consisting of rice and cumin seeds. The name comes from Jeera, the Hindi word for cumin seeds. This rice dish is known as Zeera rice in Pakistan. It is a popular dish in North India, an everyday rice dish. It is easy to prepare unlike a biryani. It is such a versatile dish, that it can be eaten with a curry like Paneer Makhani, Dum Aloo, Palak Paneer, Gobi Musallam or a dal like the basic Tadka Dal or Dal Makhani. It can also be had with a yogurt based raita like Boondi raita.

    It has been years but I still remember our family trip to Himachal in 2001 where we had the best Punjabi food, especially the Aloo Paratha and yummy Jeera Rice. The flavor that comes from the rice made in a Dhaba cannot be matched at all! But after eating it once, you will also crave for it, just like my family and me! That is when all the experimentation starts. I tried different methods to make this rice, and finally decided that this is the best one! Families make it in different styles, and have their own secret recipes or ingredients. 

    Here is what all I tried: First cook rice with salt, add cumin and oil or ghee and mix well. While this technique is good, it is pretty time consuming. Another thing  tried was to add cumin and spices in raw rice and boil them in an open vessel till cooked. Then finally add the ghee and whisk it well. This was easy but the spices and cumin tasted raw. So combining both the methods, I came up with this: heat ghee in a pressure cooker, saute spices and cumin, add raw rice and pressure cook to perfection. This method is not only easy, it is quick and needs no time to cool the rice etc. So here is my perfect recipe for jeera rice, that is quick and fool-proof!

    Ingredients

    White rice 2 cups

    Oil/Ghee 1 tbsp

    Green Chili 1-2

    Curry Leaves 2-3

    Cloves 2-3

    Bay Leaf 1

    Cinnamon 1 inch piece

    Cumin/Jeera 1 tsp

    Mustard seeds/Rye 1 tsp

    Asafoetida ½ tsp

    Salt 1 tsp

    Cilantro 

    Method

    Wash and soak two cups rice (can be substituted with brown rice) in three cups of water. Let it soak for a few minutes. Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds and once they pop, add asafoetida and cumin seeds. Then, add green chili, curry leaves, cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon. 

    Once the spices get flavorful, remove water from the rice and add the rice. Mix well and add salt. Then add the water (1 ½ cups) and pressure cook for 2 whistles. Cool the cooker and open. Mix well and add cilantro to garnish. Serve with any Indian curry like Paneer Makhani or Dal Makhani.

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    1. Unknown says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:15 pm

      Amazing blog ! looks for delicious. spicy jeera rice thankyou for shearing this information with us!Online Food Delivery

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