How To Prepare Jeera Rice,Zeera rice or Cumin rice

Jeera Rice or Zeera Rice or Cumin Rice is very simple and fast recipe compare to other rice recipe.It is Soft and salty with nice aroma of ghee and richness of cashew nuts. I love this simple favourable rice recipe and hopefully you will like it too! 

 

Ingredients For Jeera Rice:

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  Jeera Rice

  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
• 8-10 Cashew nuts, cut into halves

How To Prepare Jeera Rice,Zeera rice or Cumin rice :

• Wash rice thoroughly and soak in water for half an hour.Drain.
• Heat the ghee or oil in a deep pan. Add cashew nuts and stir fry until they turn light brown. Transfer to a plate.
• Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cardamom and cinnamon.When cumin seeds crackle, add the rice. Add salt to taste.
• 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.
• Rice will be done when holes appear on the surface and water has been completely absorbed. Fork the rice out onto a serving dish.Garnish it with fried cashew nuts and serve hot with dal fry or dal tadka.
  
  

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