Jeera Rice Recipe | How to make perfect Jeera Rice | Jeera Pulav | Cumin Rice

Jeera or Cumin seeds is a most important ingredient in my kitchen. I add it to almost all the poriyal, sambar and other staple foods. Any poriyal will taste excellent when we add freshly ground coconut and cumin mixture in it. I also make jeera rice occasionally. It pairs excellent with dal. If you have got 30 minutes and want to make a quick lunch you can simply go for this quick combo. Since it did not involve much time and effort I love to make this type of pulav varieties on my lazy days.

Here is a simple, easy, quick and delicious Jeera rice recipe. Try it soon.

Jeera Rice

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Rice Varieties

Prep Time:  5 mins | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Serves:  3

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 1.5

Cumin - 2 to 3 tsp

Onion - 1

Green chilli - 2

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon - 1 stick

Cardamom - 3

Cloves - 5

Mace - 1/4

Salt - to taste

Water - 2.25 cups

Ghee - 2 tblspn

Method:

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes. Drain the excess water and set aside.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker and temper with the spices (bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom,mace). Add in cumin and let it crackle.

Add in green chilli and sliced onion. Stir for 2 to 3 minutes.

Once it becomes soft, add the rice to it. Sauté for a minute. Add water and salt to taste. Once it starts to boil, cover with a lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles over medium flame.

Once pressure subsides, fluff the rice with a fork.

Serve hot with dal tadka, dal makhani or any spicy chicken gravy.

Note:

• You can also cook the same using normal method. Adjust water according to that.
• Another method of preparing jeera rice is just cook the rice, temper with spices and add to it. Mix well.
• The proportion for cooking rice in pot is 1:2 and for pressure cooker method 1:1.5

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Heat oil in a pressure cooker and temper with the spices(bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, mace)

Add in cumin

let it crackle

Add in slitted green chilli and onion. Stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes

Once it becomes soft, add the rice to it. Saute for a minute.

Add in salt to taste

and 2.25 cup of water

Wait till it start to boil

Once it starts to boil, cover with a lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles over medium flame.

Once pressure subsides, open the lid

Gently fluff the rice

Jeera rice is ready to serve. Transfer immediately to another vessel to avoid burning of rice on the bottom due to heat in the cooker.

Serve it with dal, mushroom masala or any non veg side dish!