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Jeera Pulao-Jeera Rice Recipe

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Jeera (zeera) rice is a very simple and flavorful rice and can be prepared in a few minutes. It is the simplest of all flavored rice and goes well with most of the gravies we usually prepare for roti/chapati. Today let us learn how to prepare jeera pulao/rice following our easy jeera pulao recipe with step wise pictures.

 

Jeera pulao-Jeera rice

 

Jeera Pulao-Jeera rice (Cumin flavored rice)


Jeera Pulao-Jeera rice

 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins (excluding soaking time)
 Serves: 1-2
 Recipe Category: Main Dish-Rice
Recipe Cuisine: Punjabi-Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar   Ingredients needed

   Basmati Rice – 1 cup
   Salt needed

 For the seasoning

   Butter or Ghee – 1 1/2 tbsp
   Cinnamon – 2 inch piece
   Bay leaf – 1
   Clove – 1
   Star anise – 1 (optional)
   Cumin seeds/Jeera seeds – 2 tsp

For Garnishing

   Fried Onion – 1-2 tbsp (optional)

Preparation

Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 20-30 minutes. Drain and keep it aside.

 

soaked basmati rice

Method

Heat butter or ghee in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf, saute for a few seconds and then add jeera seeds.

 

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When jeera sizzles, add the drained rice and fry on medium heat until the rice is well coated with the ghee/butter.

 

cumin flavored rice
Add 2 cups of water and needed salt. Taste the water to check for salt.

 

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When water starts boiling, lower the heat and cook covered until the rice is soft. Fluff it with a fork and serve hot with any gravy side dish of your choice. Dal, paneer gravies, mushroom gravies, non veg gravies, all go well with jeera rice.

 

how to prepare jeera-pulao
If preferred, you can garnish with fried onions.

 

How to make jeera-pulao
Fried Onions (healthy way) – Slice onion thinly lengthwise. Dry it for 10 minutes in the sun or under the fan (optional). Heat 2 tsp of oil and fry the onions on very low heat until well browned. You need patience to do this otherwise you can deep fry the onions.

You can cook rice in a rice cooker or pressure cooker or in a pan with a lid. Check out more details on how to cook basmati rice.

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  11. Hi Padma, Thanks for dropping by and leaving a nice comment to my blog.Your profile is interesting and hobbies varied. Jeera rice is a regular feature at our place and in combo with paneer butter masala is yummylicious !

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  18. Padhu, thanks for stopping by!!

    a simple cooking blog.. 🙂 good one for beginners.. and also almost every thing mentioned here is available at home.. so any recipe chosen can be made without much hiccups 🙂

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  26. Hi All,
    Just wanted to share my personal ,generic note about this blog.
    Whenever I think of doing a different/common recipie, first thing i would do is looking into Padhuskitchen 🙂 . The recipies I have tried out from padhuskitchen have come out well every time.It is more of like my database of cookbooks. Easy,simple,tasty,quick dishes are spotted in this blog. Its my favourite blog.

    Thanks to Padhu for her contribution..I always have a sister feel when I look at Padhu's pic & love to visit this sisterly blog often!!! 🙂 🙂

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  34. hi padhu,
    Thanks for your recipes and especially accurate measurements due to which your dishes coming out well when I try!!! Also, super like for your style of not using more ghee/other fatty products. Excellent job!!

    Reply

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