Jeera Rice

Jeera rice gives a nice aroma of smell all around our home when preparing it. It follows very simple steps of mixing few basic ingredients with Basmati Rice along with Ghee. It is basically a bachelor recipe.I used to do jeera rice when I initially started cooking during my college days. Yellow dal will be its perfect combination with Jeera rice. It is perfectly a healthy recipe to try out

Ingredients for Jeera rice:

Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 25 mins | Serves: 2-3

Basmati Rice – 1 Cup (250 grams)
water -2 cups (500ml)
Ghee -2 tbsp
Onion – 1 sliced
green chili -1 slit
bay leaf -2, cinnamon stick, cloves -2, star anise
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
salt as required

Method:

Soak Basmati Rice in water for 20 minutes
In a pressure cooker, add ghee.
once hot, Add Cumin Seeds into it. Once it splutters, add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon stick
onions can be added now and saute till turns glossy
water is added in the cooker along with rice (filter it from water)
Pressure Cook for one whistle or 10 minutes irrespective of whistle sound